Mayors passed over for convention
The way it looks so far, big city mayors are generally being passed over at the Democratic National Convention next week.
Other than host Mayor John Hickenlooper, the early agendas do not have Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa or Chicago Mayor Richard Daley speaking to the national convention.
There has been a lot of talk locally that Villaraigosa might be feeling the pain of being an early endorser of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton even though he has since endorsed Obama, met with him and promised to campaign where ever he is needed.
So far, Villaraigosa is scheduled to speak to the California delegation at a breakfast as well as the New York delegation. In addition, he is speaking to the U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering at the convention to develop an urban agenda for the next administration to address.

Los Angeles Daily News City Hall reporter 

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