Today’s Headlines
The Election
4:40 AM PDT on June 9, 2010
Jane Harman and 30/10 Seem to have momentum.- Fox Business Makes the Case for Higher Gas Tax
- Villaraigosa: Texting While Driving = Bad (LAist, HuffPo, AP)
- Rutten: 30/10 Most Important Initiative of Villaraigosa (LAT)
- Zev: We’re “on Track” for the Subway to Westwood Before 2020 (Press Release)
- Subtlety Abandoned: The Source Uses Three Exclamation Points to Urge Readers to Call their Congressman
- Blue Line Cuts Through Several L.A.’s (LAT)
- Friends Call Him Spiritual, I Call Him a 4 Time Hit and Run Driver (SF Chronicle)
- Why Isn’t L.A. More Like NYC (Traveling Local)
The Election
- Whitman, Fiorina, Cruise (LAT)
- Harman Beating Winograd Handily (Daily Breeze)
- Karen Bass Also with a Big Lead (CQ Politics)
- Janice Hahn Doesn’t Have Enough Juice to Challenge Newsom (Daily Breeze)
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