TIPOFF ALARCON DISCOUNTS RUMORS HE'S DUCKING MAYOR'S RACE.Byline: RICK ORLOV The rumor du jour du jour adj. 1. Prepared for a given day: The soup du jour is cream of potato. 2. Most recent; current: the trend du jour. at City Hall has state Sen. Richard Alarcon abandoning his quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the mayor and running instead for city controller. No one is sure who is behind the latest flurry of gossip about potential candidacies in the March 8 city election. Some say it is friends of 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 - who is ducking and weaving these days after his e-mails were subpoenaed by the feds - or foes of Controller Laura Chick. ``It's pretty amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. to me,'' Alarcon said. ``All of the people who are running for mayor would like me to run for controller. I am not considering any other race except for mayor.'' There had been speculation earlier this year that Alarcon would be challenging Chick, but he assured her he had no plans to do so. The latest round of rumors may have developed because of the hearings Alarcon is holding as chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee into contracts involving the Department of Water and Power and City Attorney's Office. Alarcon is generally considered a long-shot in the mayor's race, coming from a state Senate district in Van Nuys and trailing in fund raising. But he points to his past campaigns where he came from behind to narrowly win elections. He also said he is encouraged by last year's recall election of Gov. Gray Davis and sees similarities in the upcoming mayoral race. ``You have an incumbent mayor who is perceived as not being as aggressive or visible as he should be. And, you have a growing political will that there should be new leadership at City Hall. ``We had that with Davis and that same dynamic might be at play in 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. .'' Hahn confirmed last week that he has no plans to participate in a debate of mayoral candidates scheduled for late October by the League of Women Voters League of Women Voters, voluntary public service organization of U.S. citizens. Organized in 1920 in Chicago as an outgrowth of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, it had as its original nucleus the leaders of the latter organization. . It's too early in the campaign season and well before the deadline for candidates to enter the race, he said. ``There will be debates, and I look forward to participating in them,'' Hahn said during his monthly ``Ask the Mayor'' radio show on KFWB-AM (980). But he said he had no interest in participating in such a session so early and pointed to the number of debates held before the 2001 election. ``What happened last time was it was a great seminar for the other candidates,'' Hahn said. ``I taught them everything I knew about city government so they sounded knowledgeable.'' One of Hahn's opponents, however, is not letting it rest. Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg is waging a petition drive at his Web site, www.changela.com, asking people to electronically sign petitions urging Hahn to participate in the debate. A delegation of Iraqi officials got a taste of local democracy in action at Los Angeles City Hall - and it saw business being conducted behind closed doors. The group met with Hahn and others during the private meeting of the obscure employee review board that includes the mayor and top City Council members. When reporters tried to interview the Iraqis, they were firmly turned aside by a State Department envoy envoy: see diplomatic service. Envoy - Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. . The reporters were told that doing interviews would represent a security risk, even though the delegation was leaving the city that day and would be elsewhere by the time the stories were published. Apparently, the State Department officials were concerned there could be a repeat of problems experienced in Tennessee, where a local official shut down city hall because of potential security risks and a member of the Iraqi delegation was robbed at a convenience store. Even the softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' games involving local pols are becoming hardball hard·ball n. 1. Baseball. 2. Informal The use of any means, however ruthless, to attain an objective. hardball Noun US & Canad 1. . A game this past weekend between the staff of the mayor and several City Council offices generated some heat. ``They're talking smack,'' one council member said of e-mail exchanges preceding the game. One council aide message said: ``If the mayor's team even dreams of beating us, they need to wake up and apologize.'' Responded the mayor's folks: ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a we teach all council staff that we rule over the kingdom. Why don't these irritants understand this?'' No word on the outcome of the game. When President Bush got off Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX on Thursday for a fund-raising dinner, he was met by Paul Weisman, chairman of the Bush-Cheney 2004 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. Chapter, and Marcia Tookey of Glendale, Los Angeles Foothills chairwoman. The two were chosen to greet Bush and his wife, Laura, because of their efforts on behalf of the Republican presidential ticket, Bush campaign officials said. Weisman, of West Hills, said he was nervous, ``but the President tried to put me at ease. He put his hand on my shoulder and looked me right in the eye.'' And Tookey noted, the president has ``beautiful blue eyes Blue eyes are eyes that have blue irises (see eye color), and may also refer to:
Staff Writer Eric Leach contributed to this report. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Paul Weisman, left, and Marcia Tookey, leaders in the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election organization for L.A. County, greet President Bush at LAX on Thursday. Michael Owen
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