Gavin Shot First: Newsom Uses YouTube Channel to Attack Villaraigosa (VIDEO)

The 2010 California Governor’s Race is officially underway.  As we reported yesterday, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom launched his own YouTube channel.  The channel features a serialized seven-and-a-half-hour campaign commercial “State of the City” address for the people of San Francisco.

It took all of 24 seconds into the education “webisode” before Newsom tells viewers why his education plan is better than “some Mayors’” education plans.  The “some Mayors” is really one Mayor– LA Mayor and soon-to-be-candidate-for-Governor,  Antonio Villaraigosa.  Villaraigosa failed in his attempt to take over the Los Angeles Unified School District.  A failure which derailed most of his education reform plans. Newsom rubs it in his face.

And so begins the 2010 Governor’s Race. When things get ugly between Newsom and Villaraigosa over the next 18 months, just remember that Gavin shot first.

Here’s the clip.  Also noteworthy is the horrendous use of the powerpoint slides.  Ya know Gavin, we’ve cracked the technology to insert powerpoint slides into a video presentation so people can actually read them.  But perhaps they’re just a prop to convey gravitas and substance — if ya catch our drift.