North Hollywood
Actually, We’re the Center Of the World
The following article was selected as a finalist in Zócalo’s adopt-a-mayor contest.
Dear Antonio:
Forgive me the informality, Mr. Mayor, it’s just that I’ve known you a bit for so darned long, going back to the early 1990s, when I routinely interviewed you as Gloria Molina’s alternate on the transportation board, and then we were in that political discussion group with Wendy Greuel, who was trying to succeed you. Now, after serving as state Assembly speaker and Los Angeles mayor for two terms, you are about to become un-mayor and, well, what …
