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Villaraigosa will chair Democratic National Convention

By Mark Z. Barabak and John Hoeffel

February 14, 2012, 4:12 p.m.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been selected chairman of this summer's Democratic National Convention, elevating his role as a surrogate in the Latino community and raising his national profile at a time Villaraigosa considers his political future.

A formal announcement was scheduled Wednesday in Washington, with the mayor planning to join President Obama on Wednesday night for a presidential fundraiser in Los Angeles.

As convention chairman, Villaraigosa will wield the gavel during the event in Charlotte, N.C., which opens with a festival on Sept. 3 and continues for three days of official business, including the nomination of Obama and his acceptance speech.

Villaraigosa will also serve as a spokesman for the convention, starting with a Web video the party planned to release on Wednesday.

Villaraigosa is one of the nation's most prominent elected Latino officials and envisions an active role in Obama's reelection effort. The White House, in turn, is counting heavily on strong Latino turnout, especially in battleground states such as Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida.

In 2007, Villaraigosa endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton in her presidential bid, serving as a national campaign chairman and stumping on her behalf in several states. He quickly swung his support behind Obama after the primary season ended, appearing within days on national TV to declare his support for the ultimate nominee.

Since then, he has been frequent defender of the president, using his stature as mayor of the nation's second-largest city and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to laud Obama's agenda. On Monday, Villaraigosa hailed Obama's budget proposal for its investment in infrastructure and job training.

"The president has come through for our nation's cities," Villaraigosa said in a statement. "Now it's Congress' turn: the House and Senate should put politics aside and pass the president's budget."

Villaraigosa has said little publicly about his political ambitions once his term ends in June 2013. Speaking last month at USC, he told students that "I'm operating right now like I'm at the end of the road and I'm riding off into the sunset."

He said he intends to write and give speeches and was prepared for "a timeout."

Privately, however, Villaraigosa has expressed interest in running for governor and has fueled speculation he might even challenge Gov. Jerry Brown, a fellow Democrat, should Brown seek reelection in 2014.

Villaraigosa will chair Democratic National Convention - latimes.com

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Talking jobs in D.C., Mayor Villaraigosa gets cold shoulder from John Boehner

By Lisa Mascaro
1:31 PM PDT, September 20, 2011
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, in town as president of the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors, said that try as he might, he could not get face time with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to talk job creation.

"Unfortunately, after a few weeks of trying, we were unable to get a meeting with Speaker Boehner," Villaraigosa said Tuesday. "They couldn’t find time to meet with America's mayors."

Boehner's office did not immediately comment.

Villaraigosa is having sit-downs with Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, as well as Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada during the D.C. visit.

Villaraigosa and his colleagues also met with White House officials and members of the congressional "super committee" on deficit reduction as the mayors group shops its jobs proposals.

Highlights of the mayors' "Common Sense Jobs Agenda" include extending the payroll tax cut that expires in December, offering companies a tax break for new hires and providing financing for transportation and other infrastructure construction. The organization is made up of nearly 400 mayors of cities across the nation.

"We're here to reinforce the message that Job 1 is putting people back to work," Villaraigosa said.

Talking jobs in D.C., Mayor Villaraigosa gets cold shoulder from John Boehner - latimes.com

Privately, however, Villaraigosa has expressed interest in running for governor and has fueled speculation he might even challenge Gov. Jerry Brown, a fellow Democrat, should Brown seek reelection in 2014.

OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah that would be the burrito that broke the burro's back for my friends to the west for sure...How the hell this one (Villaraigosa) has kept his corrupt sorry ass out of the penitentiary is mind boggling..
Hale the damn chosen ones, screw the rest of us!
He and this one are brothers of kaos and pain! Traitorous JERKS!

Who's going to be the co-chairman, Janet Murgia of the NCLR? Full reconquista Democrat convention. I can hardly wait.

Villaraigosa was chairman of a chapter of MEcha (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) -- revolutionary, seditious student wing of AZTLAN (reconquista separatist movement).
Villaraigosa was president of the Southern California American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Villaraigosa was president of "Third World Coalition" at UCLA.
Villaraigosa was the ONLY California elected official to join the Latino March on Washington, D.C., in 1996 demanding free education through college for illegal aliens, free medical care for illegal aliens, $7 per hour minimum wage with rights to union membership for illegal aliens, and another massive amnesty for illegal aliens.
Villaraigosa demands drivers licenses for illegal aliens.
Villaraigosa demands free prenatal care for illegal aliens -- with publicly funded Medi-Cal.
Villaraigosa supports every Assembly bill that supports illegal aliens, Villaraigosa gives speeches in Latino barrios claiming Congressional welfare reform was an attack on Latinos.
Traveled to Mexico to personally thank then President Zedillo for his influence on the killing of Prop. 187, the ballot measure passed in California to deny public benefits to illegal aliens -- Villaraigosa said, "I say President Zedillo had great impact in defeating Proposition 187."
Addressed a joint session of the California Legislature with Zedillo IN SPANISH (both are fluent in English) and forced the cadenced Chicano Power handclap into the microphone, signaling THAT language and THAT culture will predominate in California.

Willaraigosa speaks on this video:

Nation of Aztlan - YouTube

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