Road to Washington, D.C.

Perhaps the quickest way to get a high profile job here and in Washington, D.C., these days is through the offices of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Two top aides and a department head all are gone and a top staff announced Thursday he is leaving,.
Speechwriter Jonathan Powell has taken a job with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, to work on her speeches.
Powell is the latest to leave Villaraigosa.
Two weeks ago, the mayor's attorrny, Thomas Saenz, announced he is leaving to head MALDEF.
Earlier, Housng Department General Manager Mercedes Marquez left for a job in HUD and environmental advisor Nancy Sutley left to head the White House Office on Environmental Quality.