Antonio Villaraigosa

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.

I say to people that Los Angeles is a city of America's hope and its promise. It's a city where we come from every corner of the Earth here to make the American dream happen.

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.