BRAIN BACKS CHARTER INITIATIVE.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The dispute over dueling The fighting of two persons, one against the other, at an appointed time and place, due to an earlier quarrel. If death results, the crime is murder. It differs from an affray in this, that the latter occurs on a sudden quarrel, while the former is always the result of design. charter reform plans emerged Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant as an issue in the race for the 5th District Council seat, with challenger Jeff Brain endorsing an initiative to create an elected commission with power to put reforms directly to the voters. Brain, formally announcing his candidacy for the seat held by Councilman Mike Feuer, said competing charter reform proposals will be a central issue in the race for the April 1997 primary. ``I believe that charter reform is one of the most crucial issues facing this city, and I fully support the citizen-initiative process that Mayor (Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a ) Riordan is supporting,'' Brain said on the steps of City Hall, accompanied by his family and a half-dozen supporters. ``That is the only way to get true charter reform,'' he said. Riordan is leading a drive to put an initiative proposal on the ballot in April of 1997 to create an elected commission whose charter-reform recommendations would go directly to voters. Setting the stage for a showdown, the City Council voted Tuesday Tuesday: see week. to create its own advisory commission to recommend charter reforms to the council, which can veto veto [Lat.,=I forbid], power of one functionary (e.g., the president) of a government, or of one member of a group or coalition, to block the operation of laws or agreements passed or entered into by the other functionaries or members. In the U.S. them or make changes before putting the proposals on the ballot. Feuer had proposed creation of a commission appointed by the mayor and council but with independent powers. He voted against the council plan and accused the council of ``hijacking'' charter reform by trying to control what goes on the ballot. He said he still is concerned, however, that an elected commission as proposed in the initiative campaign might not represent the city's ethnic, social and geographic diversity. ``I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in looking at all my options,'' Feuer said. Brain said the choice is clear to him and will be to the voters. ``I don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. believe that charter reform coming out of City Hall, with City Council people appointing, is going to result in true charter reform,'' Brain said. ``We've seen the history of that. So it is an issue.'' Brain said he would specifically change the charter to give more control to different parts of the city, noting that each council district represents 250,000 people. Feuer has also called for more local control. Feuer won election last year to represent a council district that stretches from Studio City and Sherman Oaks to West Los Angeles
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