The Road to Redemption

Even as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa re-emerged Monday vowing to fix the city's schools and streets after spending the past few days in seclusion, he faced a barrage of questions about his infidelity.Daily News.

Trying to put last week's firestorm over his extramarital affair with a television news reporter behind him, Villaraigosa announced a grant for charter schools in the morning, then rolled up his sleeves to fill potholes later in the day.

But all anyone wanted to talk about was how he cheated on his wife.

"I am not perfect ... and want to get back to the work the people of Los Angeles elected me to," Villaraigosa said as he found himself once again facing questions about his relationship with Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas and the breakup of his 20-year marriage to wife Corina.

"I made a mistake. I've always said that when you do something that undermines your support in some way or causes people to lose faith in you in some way, you've got to get back and accept your responsibility and do your job."