Racial Politics Could Sully Mayoral Campaign
By Garry SouthMay 8, 2005
As campaign communications director for City Councilman Michael Wood in the 1993 Los Angeles mayor’s race, I witnessed firsthand how racial stereotypes and innuendo are used to damage the candidacy and unfairly impugn the integrity of a minority candidate. And as Mayor James Hahn gets more desperate in his campaign against City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa,…