Trujillo Goeth Before the Fall

As reported here yesterday, former MayorSam blogger, Antonio Villaraigosa driver and political consigliere, Michael "MEAT" Trujillo sent out a prideful email over his apparent victory helming the victorious campaign of CD15 candidate, Joe Buscaino.

For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.
Romans 12: 3

Meat, who has gotten into all kinds of trouble in the past with his email proclivities (here and here), is now telling LAObserved blogger, Kevin Roderick, that he did not write the email and that someone "is having fun with me." Trujilllo claims that his name was attached to an email crafted by some other individual.

Yet, as Roderick notes, Trujillo's Facebook page has a post, time stamped about the same time the email went out, featuring very similar sentiments.

And no wonder people are turned off to politics.

Los Angeles Politics for Tuesday

Lots of fun stuff in the race to succeed now Congresswoman Janice Hahn in her vacated CD15 seat. The latest is an unconfirmed report posted by one of our readers that the firefighters union executive board split 3-3 on an endorsement of their President, Pat McOsker, for the Council seat. With the panel deadlocked, McOsker claimed the right the cast the deciding vote. If true, this would be a shocking display of hubris by a wannabe elected official.



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