Independence as a theme

City Controller candidate Nick Patsaouras and City Attorney candidate Michael Amerian are each using a theme of being independent as their television commercials hit on Friday.
For Patsaouras, who has been close friends with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for years, promises to bring an independent voice to the controller's job and end "business as usual" at City Hall.
Amerian, who is a deputy city attorney, goes directly after Councilman Jack Weiss, who is considered the frontrunner, with a closing remark of "a prosecutor, not a politician."