(Villaraigosa's) Inauguration Is the Place for Politicians to Be Seen

[AlGore-08.com]

(Note: for those who don't know, Antonio Villaraigosa is the first Latino to be elected mayor of Los Angeles since 1872.)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-mayor29jun29,1,7824274.story?coll=la-news-state

For ambitious politicians from all over the United States and Latin America, Antonio Villaraigosa's inauguration as Los Angeles mayor Friday is shaping up as the place to be seen.

Former Vice President Al Gore is expected. So are California's Republican governor and four ex-governors. Mayors of some of the nation's largest cities plan to come. And so do the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Carlos de Icaza, and a handful of prominent Mexican politicians.

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Villaraigosa will take the oath of office at 10 a.m. Friday in a public event on the south steps of City Hall, followed by an 11 a.m. reception that is open to the public.

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(Villaraigosa's) 100-day plan will outline steps he plans to take to expand the police force and mass transit in the city, as well as cut government waste and inefficiency and restore public faith in a City Hall that has been under a cloud of federal and county investigations for more than a year.

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