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In an email from his exploratory campaign for mayor, first-time candidate Austin Beutner asks his contacts to talk him up — and particularly to mention a recent op-ed by Richard Riordan and the profile in Los Angeles magazine. Email excerpt:
The campaign is just two weeks old – and the election 22 months away – but we’re ready and raring to go. The one thing you can do to help is to spread the word. At this point, I’ve got the lowest name recognition in the race. I’m not a natural politician; I don’t have a career in LA City politics to bank on. I need your help to talk to people, tell them who I am, a little bit about what I’ve done and what I want to bring to this city.Mayor Riordan’s op-ed will help – and so will the current issue of Los Angeles Magazine. This month Los Angeles magazine put out a profile of my work for the Mayor while at City Hall. It’s a well-timed profile for the campaign – grab a copy while it’s still on the newsstand and take a look. You’ll find it on page 60; it’s titled “The Unpolitician”. You can use Mayor Riordan’s op-ed and the LA Magazine profile to spread the word about my work and my candidacy for Mayor.