Hello Dumba$$!! You weren't mayor then. No need to tell you now.
"in 2002, Villaraigosa was embroiled in a s(e)cession movement by Hollywood and the San Bernadino vall(e)y and was smoozing left-wing don(a)rs to pony up to the bar and pay for his run for City Councilman of the 14th District in preparation to run a second time for mayor after a failed attempt in 2001."
This guy is quite an ambitious weasel and is seeking to get slimey "after PR mileage" out of this news coverage.
It's what you do when you are "personna non grata" with the White House.
Antonio R. Villaraigosa is the 41st mayor of Los Angeles.
He was elected on May 17, 2005 and sworn in to office on July 1, 2005.