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Category Archives: Antonio Villaraigosa
MAYOR DEFENDS MIRTHALA
KFI’s Eric Leonard reports: Villaraigosa confirmed he and — as he called her — "Seniorita Salinas" were still dating and speak to each other daily. He said he has not spoken to Telemundo to confirm when the relationship began, and … Continue reading
Antonio thanks officials for silence on marital scandal
Rick Orlov writes in the Daily News: First there was the Redemption Tour. Now, it’s gratitude time. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is making the rounds among elected officials these days thanking them for not taking any shots at him … Continue reading
Eric Longabardi On KABC Radio
Attractive latina Anita Moreno skipped the normal process to get on the mayor’s security detail, said Longabardi, presumably on the request of the mayor. It appears that the mayor wants the women on his security detail to be attractive and … Continue reading
Mayor Denies Spending Taxpayer Money to Finance Romance
From the Associated Press: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he didn’t use a penny of taxpayer money to finance his romance with a TV newscaster, but authorities have said nothing about the whereabouts of his police bodyguards during the time he … Continue reading
Not The Mirthala Salinas Story We’ve Been Waiting For
I’ve been blogging that we need a good Mirthala Salinas profile. She’s an interesting, intelligent and scandalous woman. It takes The Los Angeles Times to produce a boring article on her. That required special skill. Why is there no mention … Continue reading
Mayor’s Security Girl
Eric Longabardi reports: ERSNews has been investigating the alleged relationship of Mayor Villaraigosa and a female member of his LAPD security detail. The officer, who ERS/The Enterprise Report can reveal exclusively is 14-year LAPD veteran Anita Moreno, works on the … Continue reading
Where’s The Scrutiny Of The Mayor?
Not in The Los Angeles Times it appears. Shocking. A journalist outside the Times says: "It’s struck me that the news media covering Villar has gone back into its ostrich-head-in-the-sand mode. not much serious follow up. The ERSnews.com stuff is … Continue reading
Villaraigosa Down The List Of Hillary’s Mayors Council
It was pointed out to me today by a professional journalist that Antonio is ninth out of twelve on Hillary Clinton’s mayors council, listed below the mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hillary must be seeking as much distance as possible … Continue reading
Why Doesn’t The News Media Camp Outside Of Mirthala Salinas’s Studio City Condo?
Because she’s a fellow reporter. If she were a city councilwoman or actress, they’d camp outside of her place and stick cameras in her face everywhere she went. But the news media doesn’t report on other media entities with aggression … Continue reading
The Lovers Of Mirthala Salinas
Eric Longabardi said on John and Ken’s KFI show last week that Telemundo reporter/anchor Mirthala Salinas (the mayor’s girlfriend) had an affair with yet another Los Angeles politician (not named) and El Piolin (Eduardo Sotelin), L.A.’s most listened-to radio host … Continue reading
