Politics

Marcus Allen walks away *

By Kevin Roderick | May 14, 2008 11:53 PM

Under fire for his ties to lobbyists Arnie Berghoff and Harvey Englander, former Villaraigosa deputy Marcus Allen withdrew his name from consideration for the job of city administrative officer. He cited "personal and professional reasons." David Zahniser will have a story tomorrow and fed an item to the LAT's news blog.

* Thursday stories: Times, Daily News


More by Kevin Roderick:
Standing up to Harvey Weinstein
The Media
LA Times gets a top editor with nothing but questions
LA Observed Notes: Harvey Weinstein stripped bare
LA Observed Notes: Photos of the homeless, photos that found homes
Recent Politics stories on LA Observed:
David Ryu and candidate Mike Fong
Tronc buys (NY) Daily News, La Tuna fire aftermath and more
Helping in Houston, new lion cubs, Garcetti's back
Garcetti has weekend date in the Hamptons
Garcetti hitting the road to New Hampshire
LA Confederate monument coming down
LA Observed Notes: Back from vacation and into the fray
Rendon fights for neglected Southeast
Previous story: Napolitano in a bit of a spot

Next story: Warren Cowan, publicist supreme was 87

New at LA Observed
Testing testing
If you can't stand the heat...
Fired up
Talk to me
'The Present'...and the fuzzy future of L.A. theater

 

LA Observed on Twitter