'When I started to read what she had to say, I assumed she was going to let the city know she was resigning altogether,' writes columnist LATstevelopez. 'That’s what taking responsibility would mean. But she didn’t.'
, a USC grad and first-year law school student at UC Irvine, because I know how determined she is to become a community leader herself, and I know how much she has been inspired by people she thought of as role models.
“Those comments are representative of the racism and colorism that Black and Indigenous folks continue to endure in this country,” Antonio said. “These ‘representatives’ are a disgrace to Latinos and Angelenos; they do not deserve to remain in office.” Their comments were by degrees somewhat less offensive than those of Martinez. But political consultant Mike Trujillo made a good point about whether residents in Martinez’s and De León’s districts might pay a price for their transgressions.
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