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EDITORIAL ANTONIO'S WOES MAYOR'S POLITICAL CAREER WILL SURVIVE, BUT CHARACTER QUESTIONS WILL LINGER.(Editorial)(Editorial)
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Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
| Date:
July 5, 2007
| COPYRIGHT 2007 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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THE short answer to the oft-repeated question -- will Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's acknowledged affair hurt his political career -- is no.
For better or for worse, Los Angeles is a place that did away with traditional sexual morality long ago. Voters have forgiven Villaraigosa's (and many other public figures') infidelity before, and they will again. Indeed, they already have.
Likewise, it's certain few will hold Villaraigosa's pending divorce against him. <...
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