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Advocacy group hails Villaraigosa’s coal promise

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa drew cheers from environmentalists just over two months ago when he issued a new political promise: eliminating coal from the Department of Water and Power’s fuel mix by 2020.

Instead of waiting a decade to see if that promise comes true, a Sacramento-based advocacy group decided to stage a publicity campaign thanking the mayor. It bought advertising space on city bus kiosks showing a smiling picture of Villaraigosa and the word ‘Successful.’

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Jim Gonzalez, executive director of the group known as the Renewable Energy Accountability Project, said the ads are in no way meant as a rebuttal to an essay on Villaraigosa in the June issue of Los Angeles magazine, whose cover featured a more grim-faced image of the mayor and the word ‘Failure.’

Read the rest of the story here.--David Zahniser

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