Costa Mesa mayor says he’ll endorse Ron Paul

Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor announced he would officially endorse the candidacy of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas.

Paul, who ran for president as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, has been vocal on a number of issues that set him apart from his GOP colleagues, including his opposition to the occupation of Iraq and economic globalization.

“I trust Ron Paul,” Mansoor said in a prepared statement. “The other Democrat and ‘Republican’ candidates are all the same business as usual.

— Chris Caesar