Villaraigosa wins!

[ginnyinWI]

Kerry's man wins the mayoral race in Los Angeles! Yay! He got 59% of the vote.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050518/ap_on_el_st_lo/la_mayor

[politicasista]

1. Yay!

:party: :toast:

[DoBotherMe]

2. Right on!

[JohnKleeb]

3. Thats great, he seems like he was the best for the job from what I read

[YvonneCa]

4. Hooray..Antonio ! ! ! n/t

[TayTay]

5. I concur!

Woohoo! This is great news. Antonio smoked Hahn.

[TheDonkey]

6. My family is friends with the Hahn's but Villy should do a great job

and it makes sense for Kerry giving him the nod.

[sandnsea]

7. Quotes from speech

It was so cool. I watched it last night. Pamela blogged some of it too. Is this not one of the best lines you've ever heard? "don't delcare victory, declare your purpose." I cried. His mother grew up in foster care, divorced an abusive man, and raised 4 kids on her own. WOW! I hope the energy in LA ripples across the country into a gigantic wave.

"Speaking of his mother Natalia, Antonio said, "my mother would say Antonio don't declare victory, declare your purpose. So let's declare our purpose..."

"Our purpose is to bring this great city together... Our purpose is to believe in our young people... Our purpose to make difference."

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=912

[kerrygoddess]

8. Happy day here in L.A. !

Antonio is a great guy. I have a lot of respect for him. He's a lot like JK in my opinion. He's going to do great things for L.A.