L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks, who is running for the Second Supervisorial District in L.A. County, shared his impressions of the first night of the convention from the floor.
"Some of the analysts, and some of the media people thought it was meaningless," he said. "I thought it set the groundwork for the next several days. People didn't come here because they wanted to hear disparaging remarks."
Parks, the former chief of the LAPD, said he is ready to get back to work on his campaign against State Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas.
Ridley-Thomas won the first round in June by six points, but because he didn't get a majority, the two will face off again in November.
"We think it's gonna be a totally different campaign," Parks said. "Rather than field operations, it's going to be more about absentees."
Because of the budget stalemate, Ridley-Thomas isn't here. Parks said he hopes Ridley-Thomas and the other state legislators get a budget done soon, and that it doesn't involve raiding local funds.
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