I think the primary reason there’s less excitement about the mayor’s latest fling is that the mayor is no longer regarded as having a significant political future. He’s yesterday’s news.<\/p>\n
"Just like you, lad!," emails D. "You’ve been over and done for some time now. Like fair-dinkum yesterday’s paper, you are. At least you have prospects as a chauffeur. You’re a disgrace to the family name, boy! No matter how much you crow like a blasted jackdaw that you’re a "writer," until you move beyond self-publication in the vanity press and on the Internet, you’re NOTHING! At least your brother Paul is a child who makes a father proud. Oriental wife and half-breed kids included. Just be prepared that on some dark night, you’ll awaken to see me bringing down a shovel square into your face. It’ll be the last thing you see before leaving this world, whelp. Now, go drive back to Norwalk. You’re yesterday’s news."<\/p>\n
From the Los Angeles Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n Over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was spotted perusing the merchandise in a Larchmont bookstore with a local television reporter who is also a former Miss USA. <\/p>\n Earlier today, NBC Channel 4’s L.A. news website posted a story<\/a> about the sighting, including a snapshot of the two together inside Chevalier’s bookstore with the mayor casually dressed, wearing shades and having a laugh. The woman, Lu Parker of KTLA Channel 5, is a general assignment news reporter and weekend anchor for the station.<\/p>\n And that made it newsworthy, given that the mayor’s prior relationship with a different TV reporter coincided with the widely publicized breakup of his marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think the primary reason there’s less excitement about the mayor’s latest fling is that the mayor is no longer regarded as having a significant political future. He’s yesterday’s news. "Just like you, lad!," emails D. "You’ve been over and … Continue reading