Morning Video Briefs on the los Angeles Political Machine for Thursday
Labels: 30th Congressional District, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, Congressman Brad Sherman, Jimmy Gomez, Mayor Antonio Villarigosa, Peter Musurlian
This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.
Labels: 30th Congressional District, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, Congressman Brad Sherman, Jimmy Gomez, Mayor Antonio Villarigosa, Peter Musurlian
Speaking at a Downtown lunch event today hosted by the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas expressed skepticism that the league stands ready to make a deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group that would result in having pro football in L.A. for the first time since 1994.
“I don’t know that you can trust the NFL in terms of negotiating,” said Ridley-Thomas during the event at the Sheraton Hotel. “You think it’s Farmers Field, but they’re out right now negotiating, optioning the project somewhere else. That’s what they do. Why? Because they always want to stir it up. And they’ll never tell you.”
After a two-year court process, Meruelo and Maddux were ousted as part of a reorganization plan that allowed an outside investment group armed with $23.6 million in private equity to take a majority share of the company. New management was implemented, with Martin Caverly, who previously ran a real estate consulting firm, taking over as CEO.
Labels: 30th Congressional District, City Councilman Jose Huizar, CLARTS Fund, Congressman Brad Sherman, County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, downtown la news, Peter Musurlian, richard meruelo
Labels: 30th Congressional District, Congressman Brad Sherman, Congressman Howard Berman, Peter Musurlian