Obama to Name East L.A. Rep as Labor Secretary
KPCC just announced (via the AP) that Hilda Solis, East L.A.’s recently re-elected Representative, is the President Elect’s pick for Secretary of Labor. Solis is the third Angeleno to be offered a spot in the Obama cabinet following the nomination of Los Angeles deputy mayor Nancy Sutley as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (and his first, if not the first, openly gay White House staffer) and Rep. Xavier Becerra’s invitation to the post of U.S. trade rep, which Becerra turned down.
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Ha you beat me to the news. Now with luck she’ll listen to her constituents and stop that stupid lexus lane building on our freeways and put together a mass transit package for the region that works.
Hmm..the track back didn’t work but I gave you credit for breaking the news over at The FCBlog.
http://thefcblog.com/2008/12/18/hilda-solis-named-to-obama-cabinet/
That’s awesomeness. We’re both from the same WORKING CLASS community of La Puente. A good pick for Labor.