Another angle to the now-controversial appointment of ex-Assemblyman Wally Knox to a $205k job at the Port of Los Angeles — an appointment blocked this week despite the mayor's desire to see Knox there. From Art Marroquin in the Daily Breeze:

Knox's wife, attorney Elizabeth Garfield, is a partner with a Los Angeles law firm that represents the unions for the longshoremen, marine clerks and port pilots working at the port.

Knox would apparently be Mayor Villaraigosa's political guy at the port if the slot gets reworked and approved by the City Council. On Wednesday the council rejected the new position created for Knox.