Antonio with a Z

SignWith every passing day it becomes less common to hear the mayor's name mangled as Veela-ga-rosa or Veeya-gree-osa. By the time he runs for president, everybody should have the pronunciation down. But spelling it is something else. Villaraigosa still baffles them down at the city's official sign shop. This turned up recently at a construction site in Hollywood. Click for the larger version.

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