Boy mayors, pet teachers - Bites - Opinions - May 24, 2012 - Sacramento News & Review

Boy mayors, pet teachers - Bites - Opinions - May 24, 2012 - Sacramento News & Review:

Boy mayors, pet teachers

By Cosmo Garvin 
cosmog@newsreview.com

This article was published on 05.24.12.

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The boy who would be mayor snagged a big endorsement this week. Former Mayor Heather Fargo announced on Tuesday she’s backing Jonathan Rewers in the mayor’s race, over Kevin Johnson and even Leonard Padilla, who has threatened to make Fargo his city manager if elected.
“I think Jonathan has got the experience and the smarts and the love of the city to be a good mayor,” Fargo told Bites. Rewers is chairman of the city Parks and Recreation Commission and a former longtime city bureaucrat—though you wouldn’t guess it by looking at him. He knows city government, he’s gotlawn signs, and he’s not K.J. Plus, as Fargo notes, “He looks younger than he really is.”
As Bites was putting this column to bed, there were rumors that even Padilla was considering endorsing Rewers.
Johnson, meanwhile, ran off to Los Angeles this week to hold a campaign fundraiser with AEG and Antonio Villaraigosa andRichard Riordan but continues to duck debates with his opponents because he deems them “not viable” and not worthy.
Indeed, Bites doesn’t know how Padilla and Rewers can put together enough points to force the