DOWNTOWN Escort Los Angeles – Every so often, a speech is described as “the most important” of a politician’s life. That phrase, however, will never be affixed to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 2010 State of the City address. “Most depressing speech of the spring” might apply, as would “first ever State of the Anything speech to generate only one applause line.” To call it grim, even if the tone was appropriate given that Escort Los Angeles has about 80 cents in the bank, was an understatement. Heck, I’ve had more fun at wakes.
