‘You cannot get close to’ Kevin de León at his high-security election party
I heard the crowd inside Hecho En Mexico roar just past 11 p.m. as Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León’s face flashed on the televisions inside the El Sereno restaurant. It was his Super Tuesday viewing party, and supporters were cheering their man’s comeback for the ages.Written off as political dead meat nearly 18 months ago, when a secretly recorded conversation was released that featured him and three other L.A. political bigwigs engaging in bigoted, conspiratorial rants, De León was in first place in his…