Antonio Villaraigosa’s Legacy: 8 Years Later, A String Of Victories & Party Boy Reputation
Posted in: Today's ChiliLOS ANGELES — The famous smile is intact. But there’s a glint of gray in the hair, a hint of melancholy in the voice and a collection of wrinkles he didn’t bring with him when he became mayor of Los Angeles eight years ago.
Antonio Villaraigosa makes his exit July 1 after a seesaw run that saw him celebrated as the city’s first Hispanic mayor since 1872, praised for bulking up the police department and transit services, but often mocked, fairly or not, as a party boy who cared more about nightlife than his day job at City Hall.
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