LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s one true gift is not intelligence, moral character or common sense. But he does have an acute sense of how to get on TV, with a nose for news cameras that would make Jesse Jackson turn green with envy.

For proof consider that Antonio had the misfortune of being on vacation in London during yesterday’s earthquake. Did that stop him?

“At this point, it doesn’t look like there are any injuries or damage in Los Angeles,” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told CNN as he monitored the situation from London while on vacation with his son.