Second of two parts
Re “The Edges Seem to Favor Price – Are the Subtleties Missing?”
[img]1717|left|Mr. Curren Price||no_popup[/img]Made for Hollywood, not South L.A.
The mature matinee idol vs. the attractive wannabe.
Father vs. daughter.
Seasoned state legislator vs. relatively lightly experienced young woman.
He was born on the streets of the 9th, when the district was in much better condition than today.
Her story is that she was born in El Salvador. As a young girl, she escaped the latest civil war with her family when the warrior heat became oppressive.
Not only is the Council seat showdown male vs. female, the blockbuster distinction is:
Black (which the District used to be) vs. Latino (the current main culture).
Who are you going to vote for?
You won’t need a scorecard to distinguish the players – just a heart, which is how many vote.
And based on the 9th District’s teeny turnout a week ago today, all voters can travel to the polls in the same car.
The runoff between Curren Price and Ana Cubas on May 21 for the 9th District[img]1757|right|Ms. Ana Cubas||no_popup[/img] seat on the Los Angeles City Council should be filmed for later viewing rather than obscurely played out on the wretchedly poor streets and modest businesses that identify the neighborhood immediately south of downtown.
State Sen. Curren Price (D-Culver City) trumped the primary election field of seven, defeating runnerup Ms. Cubas by a slender 294 votes, not enough of a margin to exhale, however, until the votes have been counted in May.
Her has done it all. She, much less.
The cultural differences alone should be sufficient to draw a bundle of curious watchers, if not participants.
Sen. Price’s plans:
“I will be working hard, getting our message out to voters, trying to win over our competitors.
“At the same time I have to be the senator. So I am wearing two hats.”
Ostensibly, Sen. Price’s main chore, facing one rival instead of six, will be easier. Or will it?
“It comes down to experience, connection with the community, getting the job done, having a track record,” said Sen. Price, whose years on the Inglewood City Council and in the state Legislature seem to tower over Ms. Cubas. “I have been elected, and I have made hard decisions.”
Both are recent residential arrivals – although for the senator it is a return trip to the neighborhood.
Ms. Cubas was chief of staff for East Side Councilman Jose Huizar, but never has been elected.
If Sen. Price seemed an obvious endorsement choice to some, he didn’t to the Los Angeles Times. They favored David Roberts, who finished a distant fifth. “Their endorsement was not worth much here,” Sen. Price dryly remarked.
