{"id":509,"date":"2007-07-21T21:16:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T04:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=509"},"modified":"2007-12-08T22:16:17","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T05:04:17","slug":"mayor-denies-spending-taxpayer-money-to-finance-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Denies Spending Taxpayer Money to Finance Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ktla.trb.com\/news\/local\/ktla-mayorbodyguard,0,1345435.story?coll=ktla-newslocal-1\">From the Associated Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he didn&#8217;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 spent with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Since the mayor confirmed his relationship with Telemundo&#8217;s Mirthala Salinas on July 3, his office acknowledged he traveled to Arizona in January to attend her mother&#8217;s funeral and news reports have placed him at various times at Salinas&#8217; home in the San Fernando Valley. 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