L.A.’s top brass attend Obama’s Town Hall meeting

By David Markland
March 20th, 2009 @ 1:10 PM Politics
LAPD Police Chief Bill Bratton

LAPD Police Chief Bill Bratton

Metblogs, Los Angeles: Yesterday’s Town Hall event with President Obama at the Miguel Contreras Learning Center brought out most of Los Angeles City Council, Governor Schwarzenegger, State Attorney General Jerry Brown, Mayor Villaraigosa, and a number of other local officials.

Using my swanky Metblogs issued Flipcam, I was able to snag a few soundbytes from LAPD Chief Bill Bratton and LA County Sheriff Lee Baca, and also tailed Mayor Villaraigosa as he escaped from the press to speak with a number of young demonstrators.  

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Our next City Controller, Wendy Greuel, talk with KNX 1070's Claudia Peschiutta

Our next City Controller, Wendy Greuel, talks with KNX 1070's Claudia Peschiutta

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LA City Council's Janice Hahn and Tom LaBonge

LA City Council's Janice Hahn and Tom LaBonge

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My complete gallery of pics from the event here.

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3 Comments so far

  1. Burns! (burns) on March 20th, 2009 @ 9:51 pm

    Awesome! Great video coverage.


  2. Jodi Kurland (jodi) on March 22nd, 2009 @ 12:16 am

    Great coverage! Nice to have Metblogs represent at a high-profile city event like this.


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