After Tuesday's Los Angeles Times endorsement of Bernard Parks, a tip came in claiming that the members of the Times editorial board actually preferred Mark Ridley-Thomas in the race for county Supervisor — but that the board was overruled by Publisher David Hiller. He does have the last word, but I don't yet know if it's true. So I asked Jim Newton, editorial of the editorial pages. Here's his email reply:
I'm uncomfortable addressing the deliberations of the board, and would say only that we went through our normal process and collectively came to this conclusion, which, as always, represents the position of the paper, not the personal agenda of any member of the board.
Expertly ambiguous. If I get more I'll pass it on. Also:

