Sunday, May 7, 2017

Barack Obama Endorses Mayor Eric Garcetti for Re-election in L.A.



Barack Obama Endorses Mayor Eric Garcetti for Re-election in L.A.
by Adelle Nazarian 8 Feb 2017
Former President Barack Obama has emerged from semi-retirement to endorse Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for a second term.

“I strongly endorse Eric Garcetti for a second term as mayor of Los Angeles,” Obama said in a written statement released Tuesday by the mayor’s re-election campaign, according to local CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.

“As mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti has delivered by raising the minimum wage, creating jobs and expanding economic opportunity.” He added, “Eric led the campaign to pass the largest transportation infrastructure measure in our nation’s history. Eric is my friend, a loyal ally and a great and visionary mayor of Los Angeles.”

Garcetti thanked Obama for his endorsement, reportedly saying, “Thank you, President Obama, for your service to this country. Thank you for your support of me in this campaign and thank you for setting the bar for what public service is about for all of us.”

Local primary elections will take place across Los Angeles County on March 7. Garcetti is on the ballot, along with 10 of his other challengers. In addition to the mayoral race, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller seats are up for election. According to Ballotpedia, City Attorney Mike Feuer, City Controller Ron Galperin, and District 3 Councilman Bob Blumenfield are running for re-election unopposed.

While the mayor’s race is a crowded field, Garcetti seems to face only one slight challenge from Mitchell Schwartz, who directed Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in California and served as communications director for the State Department under President Bill Clinton.

Last month, Joe Biden attended a fundraiser in Beverly Hills to support Garcetti’s reelection campaign.

Garcetti has also been raising campaign funds outside of California, in Washington, D.C. and New York. In January, he held three fundraising events before and after an official three-day U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting held in Washington, D.C.

He was expected to raise approximately $100,000 during that trip.

According to Southern California Public Radio, Garcetti’s campaign raised nearly $2.8 million by the end of 2016 compared to Schwartz, who has raised about $336,000 thus far.

Eric Garcetti
Eric Garcetti is the Los Angeles California mayor, and a trustee at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Note: Antonio R. Villaraigosa was a Los Angeles California mayor, and a president for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Linda M. Griego was a Los Angeles California deputy mayor, and is a director at CBS.
Jeffrey Soros is the president emeritus for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and George Soros’s nephew.
George Soros is Jeffrey Soros’s uncle, a friend of Michael Douglas, and Gavin Newsom was invited to his 2013 wedding reception.
Gavin Newsom was invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.
California state government is the government for the State of California.
CA congressional delegation is a delegation for the State of California.
Ellen O. Tauscher was a house member for the CA congressional delegation, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, Jeffrey Soros’s uncle, a friend of Michael Douglas, Gavin Newsom was invited to his 2013 wedding reception, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Michael H. Jordan was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the chairman & CEO for CBS.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.   
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
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Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Kathleen L. Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and married to Van Gordon Sauter.
Van Gordon Sauter is married to Kathleen L. Brown, and was the president of CBS.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and was a director at CBS.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.   
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president for the Barack Obama administration.

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