Kevin Roderick at LA Observed has the gory details of the NOT-Trutanich endorsements in a story titled: Times endorses Jackie Lacey for DA, Daily News says ‘anybody but Carmen’
Here’s a clip or two (but read the rest):
Not a good day on the newspaper editorial pages for City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who wants to be seen as the frontrunner in the district attorney race. The contest is drawing more interest than usual from the newspapers (and from lawyers) since it is rare for the DA job to actually be open at election time. The choice made by Los Angeles County voters “likely will be their most consequential vote in years,” says an LA Times editorial on Sunday. The Times opinion staff has been intensely covering the race, interviewing the candidates in detail and posting videos online….
[HUMUNGOUS SNIP]
The Daily News really doesn’t like Trutanich anymore: “Lacey and Jackson are the real candidates in the district attorney’s race. They are true prosecutors, not politicians, not liars and not bullies.”
Here’s the Daily News endorsement essay. And here’s the LA Times editorial on the matter.
If those two fish wraps don’t endorse him, then you know he must be a worthy candidate.