Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
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Villaraigosa Mayor Villaraigosa Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa complained that he had not been called directly by the White House, learning of the new information on the alleged plot only from state officials and staff members. Mayor Villaraigosa, a Democrat, said that he had twice written to the White House to request a meeting with the president to discuss security threats to Los Angeles. He said that he had tried to meet with the president at the White House on a number of occasions every time that I've gone to Washington, D.C., to discuss specifically this issue of homeland security, and to no avail.