Arianna is running?

[Fridays Child]

I've been away and out of the loop, so I don't know if this is old news or not but, evidently, Arianna Huffington has decided to add her name to the CA governor race, if Gray Davis is successfully recalled.

Just got this email (pertinent paragraph bolded):

My friends,

As you may have noticed, I've taken two weeks off from writing my column. I have spent this time meeting with community leaders and the activists who started runariannarun.com and doing a lot of thinking -- and tossing and turning -- about whether I should run for Governor of California in the upcoming recall election.

During this time, I've received many wonderful e-mails from so many of you urging me to run. Well, tomorrow morning at 10:30am at A Place Called Home in South Central Los Angeles (a center for at-risk children I'm on the board of; directions below), I'll be announcing my decision.

You've been reading every week my outrage at the state of our politics, and I would love it if you could be there to join me as I make the leap from analysis to action -- from columnist to candidate.

For those of you who are not in Los Angeles, I ask you to be with me in spirit and I hope I can rely on your support and counsel in the weeks to come.

Hope to see you there,

Arianna

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DIRECTIONS TO A PLACE CALLED HOME

From the Westside

Take the 10 East
Exit on Central Avenue (past Harbor F'way)
Stay on the right as you exit the freeway
Make the first right on Naomi Street
Make another right on Washington Blvd.
Make a left on Central Avenue
Stay on Central for about 9 blocks.
APCH is on the corner of 29th and Central.

From the South Bay Area

Take the 110 North.
Exit on Martin Luther King Blvd.
Make a right on to MLK Blvd.
When MLK deadends on Central Avenue, make a left.
Go a few blocks up past the Newton Police Station.
Make a right on to 29th Street.
APCH is on the corner of 29th and Central.


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