Elex 2009: 3 vie for City Attorney

It is the "other" race on the ballot next March. Daily News.

While most of next year's city election attention is expected to surround Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bid to retain his post, three candidates are vying for the open city attorney's seat created as term limits force out Rocky Delgadillo from a job that will pay $214,526 a year.

All of the candidates are promising to reform an office that has been viewed as charting a course independent from the mayor and City Council - to the point that the mayor has hired his own legal adviser and the council has studied hiring its own attorney.

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