Opening Day. (Politics).L.A. city councilmembers past and present flocked to Dodger Stadium • • [ last week for the Opening Day game against the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era . Of course, Hahn was there, sitting in one of the luxury boxes. Also present: Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City ; councilmembers Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti (born 1971) is the son of former Los Angeles county district attorney Gil Garcetti, and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001. He was reelected in 2005. , Nate Holden Nathaniel "Nate" R. Holden (1929-) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002. He previously served a term on the California State Senate and was Assistant Chief Deputy to then Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. , Tom LaBonge, Jan Perry, Ed Reyes, Jack Weiss and Dennis Zine. Newly elected councilwoman Wendy Greuel was also in a luxury box. As has become tradition, few of the councilmembers stayed for the full game - which was just as well, since the Dodgers got shelled 9 to 2. Before the game, a special tribute was held for the 40th anniversary of the opening of Dodger Stadium. One of the honorees was former City Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman, who was instrumental in bringing Walter O'Malley and the Dodgers to L.A. from Brooklyn back in 1958. And there were cheers for former Dodger's owner Peter O'Malley. Seems fans have fond memories of the O'Malley era now that Rupert Murdoch's Fox Sports owns the Dodgers. |
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