may day monday will see two major marches in los angeles protesting the various referendums to reform immigration policy. no city in the united states will be more impacted by whatever policy comes out of the coming elections and no city has a keener interest. but the mayor of los angeles, antonio villaraigosa, (he claims to be a latino but i'm not so sure,) will be out of town. apparently he needs to arrive a day early for tuesday meetings concerning the nfl's return to the city of angels.
the truth, of course, is that the mayor prefers absentia when caught between his identity as a latino mayor and the outcome he expects on immigration. he is playing cat and mouse in order to play politics and it's a bad policy to leave town on such a big day.
too often these days politicians do not speak their minds because they find it easier to let people fill in the blanks themselves. they understand the issues can be thorny territory while just shoving money into a campaign, smiling for cameras, kissing babies and spin doctoring when necessary is the path to election. that is a shame and we the people of los angeles, we the brown, white, black, red, or yellow people, should take every opportunity to let our leaders know we will not stand for this behavior.
i hope villaraigosa's absence tomorrow is noted and produces a serious backlash.
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