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Old Posted Apr 24, 2012, 1:16 AM
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LA has a mayor who is earnestly, honestly a supporter of transit - not because he wants lucrative contracts to hand out to contributors, and not because he wants to buy votes from lower-income communities; but because he understands that an efficient transit system will give people time-effective alternatives to the freeways and will pull LA out of its economic doldrums.

Because his support for transit is honest and principled, Villaraigosa can go to the people and successfully convince them that they need to pay more in taxes to support a transit system. Obviously LA has a lot of educated, well-traveled people who have seen first-hand how transit systems allow for fast efficient movement around a city. Obviously there were naysayers but Villaraigosa's principled support allowed him to build a coalition to shush the naysayers.
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