EDITORIAL TIME FOR ANSWERS.THE public corruption scandal that surrounds Mayor 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 and taints City Hall gets uglier by the day. In the latest development, it appears that disgraced P.R. giant Fleishman-Hillard tried to bill the city's Department of Water and Power for the cost of a political fund-raiser for then-City Councilman Nick Pacheco Lauro "Nick" Pacheco, Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Pacheco served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council (1999-2003). , who was fighting for his political life against Mayor James Hahn's archenemy arch·en·e·my n. 1. A principal enemy. 2. often Archenemy The Devil; Satan. Used with the. archenemy Noun pl -mies a chief enemy Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. . We write ``appears'' because, like the rest of this saga, the details are murky. And that's why the citizens of 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. need a full accounting and explanation - in advance of the March mayoral elections. If the corruption allegations against Hahn are true, then the public needs to know that so it can vote him out of office. And if they are false, then he deserves to have his name cleared before he goes before the voters. Either way, the truth must come out. Hahn must step forward and tell his story, and county and federal investigators ought to conclude their respective investigations as soon as possible. |
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