Mayoral fundraising appeal

President Barack Obama changed the way campaigns are funded with his use of the internet and near daily appeals for money to the millions who signed on to his site.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is taking a page from that effort with his own appeal that went out on Friday.
"Tomorrow, February 14, marks an important fundraising deadline. It's a chance for our campaign to publicly show, for every Angeleno to see, that we have the momentum to continue the changes we've made in the last four years. I need your help to make that statement." Villaraigosa said in an appeal for money.
He talks of his effort to expand the LAPD, improve schools and other programs underway
"Our improvements are starting to take hold. But to keep up the work we've begun I need your support to carry our message of a brighter tomorrow to each and every Angeleno." he writes..