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‘Little Flower’ Could Help Antonio Bloom


By Joel Kotkin

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/little_flower_could_help_antonio_bloom_20050527/

I imagine you are enjoying the hoopla surrounding your election. As the first Latino chief executive in more than 130 years, it may be tempting to bask in the warmth of a great ethnic triumph.

But don't enjoy it too much. Los Angeles does not need a symbol or an icon; it needs a mayor, one who can be both decisive and effective. We need less rah-rah and more Fiorello La Guardia.

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