ANTONOVICH: MEASURE R VICTORY LAP PREMATURE

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

November 6, 2008                                                                                                                                                                    For Immediate Release

 

 

MEASURE R VICTORY LAP PREMATURE

 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich called Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s victory lap celebrating passage of Measure R premature. 

 

“The hanging thread of Measure R’s passage will be cut if the supporters receive less than 65% of the more than 600,000 remaining uncounted votes,” said Antonovich.

 

Supervisors Antonovich and Gloria Molina had called for a NO vote on Measure R because of their strong support of developing a regional county transportation plan.  Measure R is more of the same vested interest’s heavy-handed plan that did not meet all of our county’s transportation needs.

 

Antonovich also questioned the legality of an $800,000 donation by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to the Measure R campaign.

 

 

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