Villaraigosa TV spot: schools

Antonio Villaraigosa's first on-air thirty-second ad of the runoff campaign is out. The theme is his commitment to education. Villaraigosa mentions that his wife is a teacher (but not that his kids attend a private Catholic school) and draws a vague contrast with Jim Hahn:

For four years now, my opponent sat on the sidelines. But education is so important, a mayor has to get involved. I’ll work for smaller classes, expanded pre-school, and more parental involvement.

See it here.

In the Business Journal, Howard Fine takes a first crack at sizing up who might have key roles in a Villaraigosa administration. “His closest advisers aren’t all of the same ideology and they often have conflicting agendas,” says Jimmy Blackman, chief of staff for Villaraigosa’s City Council office. “In many cases, the only way these people know each other is through Antonio." Fine's roster (with his identifiers) includes, in the order mentioned: