Hardly a mandate.I voted for Tony and wish him well. And I really, really, really wanted to squeeze sleazeball Jimmy Hahn Hahn , Otto 1879-1968. German chemist. He won a 1944 Nobel Prize for his work on atomic fission. Noun 1. Hahn - German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) Otto Hahn out of office. But having to suffer through the disillusioning dis·il·lu·sion tr.v. dis·il·lu·sioned, dis·il·lu·sion·ing, dis·il·lu·sions To free or deprive of illusion. n. 1. The act of disenchanting. 2. The condition or fact of being disenchanted. , depressing and disgusting excuse for a campaign we've we've Contraction of we have. we've have just been through was a very high price to pay. It would be a little self-deluding to claim that some overwhelming mandate has been achieved. None-of-the-above still beat out Villaraigosa and Hahn by a 2-1 margin. Nor did the city's self-styled progressive coalition fare very well. Until the bitter end bitter end n. 1. A final, painful, or disastrous extremity. 2. Nautical The inboard end of a chain, rope, or cable, especially the end of a rope or cable that is wound around a bitt. , the public employees union and the County Federation of Labor were out there garishly gar·ish adj. 1. a. Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy. b. Loud and flashy: garish makeup. See Synonyms at gaudy1. 2. whoring for a sinking Hahn. I'm not convinced by the predictions that once the dust settles Tony and the unions will patch it all up and move on. Villaraigosa played it safe and sober, and the voters chose him mostly because they wanted some change, any change, from the uninspired course set by Hahn. Villaraigosa starts his tenure, then, with the bar set very high. |
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