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 dk@crl.com (David A. Kaye) writes:

>Michael Higby wrote the quoted material below:

>" Do any of these three men have the sufficient vision and political skills to 
>" lead LA into the 21st Century?

>Would the 20th Century do?  LA is still behaving as if it's possible to 
>have unlimited growth and unlimited cars.  The water and air are in short 
>supply, but most Angelenos think these are unlimited.  They're living in 
>1896, not 1996.  What mayor can change any of that?

Someone who is not a politician, lawyer or corporate welfare queen (i.e. Ross 
Perot, Riordan) or someone who got their money from daddy (Steve Forbes).

Someone who has the fire in the belly to be a leader, articulate a vision and 
lead the people behind it.  In the past, people like John Kennedy, Eleanor 
Roosevelt, Booker T. Washington, Caesar Chavez, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham 
Lincoln, etc. had these qualities.

Nowadays, those kind of people are few and far between, but you might come 
close if you could get someone like Michael Eisner or Peter Ueberroth to run.  
Even a Jack Kemp (though not an LA resident) would be a good choice.  

We don't need more politicians like Riordan, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Tom Hayden, 
Richard Alatorre, Mike Antonovich, Rita Walters, etc.

I'd even like to see the freshman councilman Mike Feuer from Sherman Oaks run, 
even though it might be too early in his career.  He seems to be the only one 
in city government who cares about the average citizen and getting things done.
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