If the last decade has taught us anything politically, it’s that the most incompetent Democrat politicians in the Golden State have an incredible propensity for failing upward. Konstantine Anthony, mayor of Burbank, is no exception. The low-rent Gavin Newsom has been a progressive plant in that once-conservative and family-friendly bastion in the San Fernando Valley. I first got wind of Anthony during my advocacy against California’s AB 5 and for Prop 22. Anthony claimed (he has lots of them) he was an Uber driver and a founding member of the astroturf group Mobile Workers Alliance, championing AB5 and opposing Prop 22. A socialist gadfly, Anthony managed to wedge his way into the Burbank City Council in 2020, was appointed as the city’s mayor in 2022, and a scant few months later announced his candidacy for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2024. This is the typical pathway of the progressive Left: make enough noise, get enough attention, and rub shoulders with the right people to get to higher office without actually accomplishing anything.
Anthony’s bio on the City of Burbank website tells the tale of a customized progressive; his story reads like former Long Beach Mayor and current Rep. Robert Garcia, who embedded himself into a formerly sane and quiet municipality in order to turn it into a Leftist looney bin and has now ascended nationally in order to do the same damage.
Konstantine Anthony grew up in the small suburban town of Castro Valley, just outside of Oakland, CA. He spent his middle school years in rural Iowa and studied film at San Francisco State University with a diverse group of students from all over the world. In 2004, he moved to Burbank and became a union actor in film and television.
With 20 years of experience in improv comedy, Konstantine has appeared in numerous television shows and movies. That experience, and a passion for social justice, made running for office in the Media Capital a natural next step. On his second run for Burbank City Council, he won a seat with a record-setting 17,529 votes. In doing so, he also became the first openly autistic elected official west of the Mississippi.
He’s a regular Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a bespoke business suit instead of sweatpants. For a supposedly working-class individual and man of the people, he likes to dress above his station. As the expression goes, dress for the job you want, rather than the one you have. In that regard, Anthony doesn’t miss a beat.
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