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Didn’t the Los Angeles Times post that LAST Monday was to be the announcement day?

Wrong

Standard…….

So, we wait…….

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa poses with his wife Corina prior to an event in Hollywood, California, November 2005. Villaraigosa is in the full glare of the media feeding frenzy, as he confessed that he had been unfaithful to Corina, his wife of 20 years, who filed for divorce last month.

Rick Orlov over at the Los Angeles Daily News discusses the attempt of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to shift the focus away from the Mirthala Salinas, Universal City Development and Univision scandals and back to his accomplishments in office.

Swamped in controversy over his personal life, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been frustrated in his attempts to shift attention back to his accomplishments during his first two years in office.

So, like any good salesman, he is sending his troops on the road to try to get the message out, as well as gather feedback on what community leaders would like to see.

Deputy Mayor Larry Frank, the affable liaison to neighborhood councils, has been meeting with various leaders in quasi-focus groups, accompanied by department heads from city agencies including Transportation, Environmental Affairs and Public Works.

The Mayor has an uphill fight.

Everyone is waiting for the NBC Telemundo decision on the fate of his girl friend, Mirthala Salinas.

And his soon to be ex-wife, Corina Villaraigosa, is doing events and seemingly enjoys putting the knife into his back and twisting.

In the meantime, rumors abound about former Mayor James Hahn looking at challenging Villaraigosa in two years. Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yarolslavsky is also looking at the race.

Stay tuned……..

City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa is interviewed by reporter Mirthala Salinas of Telemundo at Factor’s Famous Deli on May 19, 2005 in Los Angeles

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Scandal Plagued Mayor Allows Governor to Cut LA Rail Transit Funds

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: NBC Universal Development Surrounds Villaraigosa – Salinas Scandal

Hillary Clinton Watch: Feinstein Endorsement Interrupted By Questions About Mayor Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas Affair

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Villaraigosa on WHOSE Side?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Will Telemundo Decide Mirthala’s Fate Today?

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Still Smitten; Update: Eric Leonard Investigating Documentary Evidence Mayor’s Office Has Different Press Rules for Spanish Language Media

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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However, the New York press has picked up on the story.

Anyone have a BEST guess as to when they will announce?

Is the Mayor still out of town visiting with his Princeton-bound son? And where has Mirthala been hiding?

Sightings, anyone? Luke? Mayor Sam?

The LA Times is ready but no NEW material since their piece on Universal’s development plan.

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Heckled at Transportation Meeting

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Scandal Plagued Mayor Allows Governor to Cut LA Rail Transit Funds

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: NBC Universal Development Surrounds Villaraigosa – Salinas Scandal

Hillary Clinton Watch: Feinstein Endorsement Interrupted By Questions About Mayor Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas Affair

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Villaraigosa on WHOSE Side?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Will Telemundo Decide Mirthala’s Fate Today?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With Anita Moreno #2

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Still Smitten; Update: Eric Leonard Investigating Documentary Evidence Mayor’s Office Has Different Press Rules for Spanish Language Media

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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Los Angeles Mayor-elect Antonio R. Villaraigosa sits with his wife Corina as they listen to speakers from different faiths at the Interfaith Prayer Service for the Inauguration of Villaraigosa at the Cathedral of Our lady Queen of Angeles, in this Friday, July 1, 2005 photo, in Los Angeles. Villaraigosa, who is in the midst of divorce proceedings with his wife, acknowledged Tuesday, July 3, 2007 that he is in a relationship with a Spanish-language television reporter, Mirthala Salinas.

In her first public appearance since filing for divorce against Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Corina Villaraigosa speaks before “Girls Today, Women Tomorrow,” a mentoring group, at a downtown Los Angeles fundraiser.

The Quotes:

“Know that when you keep commitments to yourself, it’s easier to keep commitments to others.”

She said she thought about canceling the keynote address, but decided to go ahead with the speech because the cause is important to her.

“Due to very personal reasons, I have chosen to attend very few public events in the last few months,” she said.

The Video:

In the meantime, the Mayor now seeing the Firecracker with Chiclets, Mirthala Salinas, was being heckled at an MTA board meeting.

John Walsh heckles Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villarigosa at MTA meeting, July 26, 2007

This will NOT be an easy divorce for Mayor Villaraigosa.

City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa is interviewed by reporter Mirthala Salinas of Telemundo at Factor’s Famous Deli on May 19, 2005 in Los Angeles

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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The Telemundo ethics investigation of the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas affair has been completed according to the Associated Press. A decision and an announcement is due soon – possibly next week.

Flap bets the announcement will be made leaked on Saturday morning/afternoon after the Sunday newspapers have been put to bed. (Over at Mayor Sam’s a commenter says that according to NBC”s Laurel Erickson Mayor Villar will be out of town this weekend with his son).

Perfect timing, eh?

An ethics investigation has been completed and a decision is expected soon concerning a Spanish-language journalist who had an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a person familiar with the probe said Thursday.

Mirthala Salinas was having the relationship with Villaraigosa when she announced the news of his separation from his wife of 20 years on local Telemundo station KVEA, Channel 52.

Executives at the Telemundo network and parent company NBC Universal were reviewing the findings of the three-week investigation, and a decision on the fate of Salinas and perhaps other station personnel was expected to be announced next week, according to the person, who requested anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.

Did the Univision disclosure and the Los Angeles Time’s piece on Universal’s development plan hasten the decision?

Probably

But, unless someone leaks some of the negotiation documents, we may never know.

Or will we?

There have been more leaks in this story than a water bucket with holes in its bottom.

Villaraigosa and Salinas wait out a pause in filming on the north steps of the state Capitol. Salinas is now a news anchor on Telemundo 52, June 19, 2006 (now on leave).

Mirthala will take a paid leave of absence for an undetermined period of time obtaining a cash settlement or regular salary. After the leave, she will be reassigned in the company but will not cover the Mayor, the City of Los Angeles or any of the other politicians with whom she has had a “personal relationship.”

Bet the farm……

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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Technorati Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Mirthala Salinas, Telemundo, Univision, Arnold Schwarzenegger

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John Walsh heckles Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villarigosa at MTA meeting, July 26, 2007

Eric Spillman scoops Luke Ford on something Villarigosa.

It must be this.

A heckler ripped into Mayor Villaraigosa at today’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting, suggesting that he get therapy for his “sex addiction.”

It happened during the public comment period. A man named John Walsh, who attends most MTA meetings and is known as a gadfly, walked up to the podium and castigated the mayor for being an hour late.

Villaraigosa serves as the vice-chairman of the MTA board of directors. Walsh called him “the vice-chair, no pun intended.”

Then he called on the mayor to resign from his position as co-chair of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

The mayor did not respond, and he later left the meeting without talking to reporters.

The video is here.

Soon others besides gadflies will be asking hard questions of the Mayor.

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Scandal Plagued Mayor Allows Governor to Cut LA Rail Transit Funds

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: NBC Universal Development Surrounds Villaraigosa – Salinas Scandal

Hillary Clinton Watch: Feinstein Endorsement Interrupted By Questions About Mayor Villaraigosa – Mirthala Salinas Affair

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Villaraigosa on WHOSE Side?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Will Telemundo Decide Mirthala’s Fate Today?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With Anita Moreno #2

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Still Smitten; Update: Eric Leonard Investigating Documentary Evidence Mayor’s Office Has Different Press Rules for Spanish Language Media

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mrs. Villaraigosa, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the Mayor’s inauguration, July 1, 2005.

While Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is filling pot holes and opening Panda Express retaurants in Universal City, the Governor has cut Los Angeles rail transit funds by $336 million.

Bill Bradley over at LA Weekly has the poop.

With Antonio preoccupied by an affair, L.A. loses its rail funds. You can thank Mike Villines.

THE BIG CUTS IN LOS ANGELES public-transit funding by state lawmakers have a sudden impact on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who, in his current scandal-struck state, didn’t show up to lobby for his own program. The Legislature stepped into the power vacuum, slashing $336 million earmarked for Los Angeles and imperiling the long-promised Expo Line to the Westside.

The proposed state budget, now weeks past deadline, was approved by the state Assembly with the support of Villaraigosa’s ally and longtime friend Speaker Fabian Núñez of Los Angeles, and aims to take $1.3 billion in gas-tax revenue intended for transit to bail out the state’s general fund.

The loss is a clear setback for Villaraigosa, whose administration is hurtling forward in approving tens of thousands of new units of controversial, dense, high-rise housing in Los Angeles, to be serviced by a now-vanishing state transit budget.

So, the Expo Line rail line linking West LA and downtown Los Angeles is dead because of Telemundo political reporter and main squeeze of the Mayor, you ask?

Yes, sure looks like it.

While the Mayor is hiding out in Los Angeles and at news conferences praising the journalistic ethics of Mirthala, the Governor and GOP raid the funds.

Pretty pathetic that folks from the West Side will have to endure more traffic gridlock because the Mayor could not keep it in his pants.

Los Angles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Panda Express opening at Universal City Walk, JUly 25, 2007

Sooner or later some LA pol will have the “COJONES” to call the Mayor out on this lack of attention to the job.

Jimmy Hahn are you listening?

And NEVER let it be said that Arnold doesn’t know how to press an advantage.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa directs high school students during a clean-up project in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles Tuesday, July 10, 2007, as a kick-off event for a summer youth employment program.

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Villaraigosa on WHOSE Side?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Will Telemundo Decide Mirthala’s Fate Today?

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With Anita Moreno #2

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Still Smitten; Update: Eric Leonard Investigating Documentary Evidence Mayor’s Office Has Different Press Rules for Spanish Language Media

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Watch: Mayor Denies Affair With LAPD Officer Anita Moreno

And a print rendering of this original cartoon by Patrick O’Connor of the Los Angeles Daily News can be purchased by clicking the link here.

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Technorati Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Mirthala Salinas, Telemundo, Univision, Arnold Schwarzenegger

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