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Category Archives: Antonio Villaraigosa
Villaraigosa’s Troubles Just Beginning
Possible mayor’s girls in addition to Mirthala Salinas and Sabrina Kay and Cecile Ablack: Tina Choi, planning commissioner Unnamed Deputy on mayor’s security detail Cynthia Ruiz (president of the Board of Public Works of the City of Los Angeles) Celine … Continue reading
LA Times Hopes For Mayor
As Mickey Kaus wrote: "When Villaraigosa announced his marital trouble last month, the hapless LAT, in its traditional life-draining thumbsucker, listed Gary Hart as one of the politicians who emerged from personal scandal "with their careers largely intact, or enhanced." … Continue reading
Antonio’s New Girlfriend Outed?
From MayorSam: After we disclosed a tip that claimed the Mayor had yet another girlfriend, this time a Korean "developer," the blogopshere fired up to try to out the alleged individual. This time the usual wags, a blogger, another blogger … Continue reading
Mirthala Salinas In Trouble With Telemundo
Bob Armstrong writes: I got wind of the LA cherry bomb explosion on Independence Day when I saw the blog post on Slate by Mickey Kaus noting that the LA Times was scooped by “lone blogger” Luke Ford who blew … Continue reading
Mayor’s Friend & Design Innovator Sabrina Kay
From a UCLA website: "Korean born Sabrina Kay has been surrounded by the fashion industry her entire life. She was only 19 when her family immigrated to America, and despite language barriers and being a single mother, Sabrina has become … Continue reading
Did Mirthala Salinas Leak The News She Was Having An Affair With The Mayor?
From MayorSam: The story goes that the "girlfriend" of a particular member of the City Council has "disclosed" that it was none other than Mirthala Salinas herself who allegedly leaked news of the affair she was having with the Mayor. … Continue reading
Suspending Telemundo’s Star
Mickey Kaus writes: "Telemundo finally has someone everybody wants to see! So of course they … take her off the air. Estupido MSM. … What’s wrong with an hour Mirthala Salinas special? They could add bilingual subtitles for the millions … Continue reading
Mayor’s girlfriend is placed on leave
From LATimes.com: Telemundo took the action while it investigates whether anchor Mirthala Salinas breached journalistic ethics by having a relationship with Antonio Villaraigosa. …Salinas was missing from her anchor chair on the 6 p.m. newscast the last two nights, but … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid Of Lashon Hara?
Jewish Journal’s Brad E. Greenberg writes: Lashon hara is Hebrew for "evil tongue," which I imagine looks something like a serpent’s. It is forbidden in Judaism not just to gossip, but to say anything that might hurt another person, even … Continue reading
Interviewed By CNN
The show is American Morning. The topic? Is there a public interest in reporting on the sex lives of politicians? I taped my interview at 6 a.m. Thursday with host Betty Nguyen. I don’t know when it will air. I … Continue reading