Elected Representation

Several years ago Barbara Yaroslavsky ran for the City Council seat vacated by her husband, Zev Yaroslavsky, after he was elected county supervisor. If elected, a husband and wife would have represented citizens at two levels of government at the same time. Happily, that time the voters had the good sense to eliminate this nepotism by electing Mike Feuer.

Now history repeats itself. Richard Alarcon wins election as a state senator and vacates his City Council seat. His wife, Corina Alarcon, decides to run for the City Council seat her husband has just vacated (“Wife Says She Will Run for Alarcon’s Council Seat,” Dec. 5). If elected, citizens of her district will be represented at two levels of government by husband and wife. This is clearly nepotism.

Much has been written recently about Jewish-Latino relationships after the bitter Alarcon-[Richard] Katz election for the state Senate. What a bizarre turn of events that both a Jewish and a Latino married couple have subjected the citizens to exactly the same embarrassing blatant nepotism.

BURTON ROSEMAN, Valley Glen