EDITORIAL HAHN'S CASH STASH.THE next Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city mayor's race is more than a year away, yet already, the incumbent, James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California , has amassed an awesome campaign war chest, raising $1.3 million in 2003 alone. That far eclipses the impressive sums Hahn raised at the same point for his last, victorious campaign. Not too shabby for a politician who struggles in the popularity polls, one who has repeatedly managed to offend the key constituencies from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. to South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. that got him elected. What Hahn's prolific fund-raising tells us is that no matter what his difficulties reaching out to average voters, he has apparently had no problem maintaining a healthy relationship with the special interests. They've ponied up big time to stay within his good graces, and the result is that many a potential opponent will think twice about entering such an expensive and uphill battle Uphill Battle was an metalcore band with elements of grindcore and noisecore. The group was based out of Santa Barbara, California, USA. History Uphill Battle got some recognition releasing their self-titled record on Relapse Records. - which, of course, is Hahn's strategy. It also tells us how much the city's campaign finance laws are worth - a lot less than $1.3 million. |
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