Mickey Kaus writes on Slate.com:
According to L.A. Observed, Mayor Villaraigosa appears to have drawn a line around Mirthala Salinas and put his credibility, if not his career, on it:
At today’s photo op du jour, he flatly denied that there have been any other women in his recent past — "a definitive, absolute no."
The mayor’s language is echoed in this local ABC TV report. The LAT, with its traditional flair for the telling detail, truncates it to "no."…
