COUNCIL MEMBERS RETURN FROM 2-WEEK SUMMER BREAK.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Like students returning from summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. , the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. regrouped Tuesday as its members got to work after its
first-ever two-week recess.
The summer break was an experiment at giving council members a prescheduled amount of time off. Council members found different ways to use it: some vacationed while others spent time working - out of town in a few cases - or in court on jury duty or testifying. But the first meeting after the break started as if it was business as usual - it began 20 minutes late. ``I guess some things will always be the same,'' sighed council President John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14 1924—April 17 2001) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death. Early life Ferraro was born in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles. as he tried to assemble a quorum. During the recess, Ferraro served as the city's representative on a business and trade mission by the Department of Airports and the Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau to Japan, with stops in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Council members Richard Alarcon, Ruth Galanter, Mark Ridley-Thomas and Joel Wachs spent their time working in the city, although Galanter flew to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of last week on city business. Wachs, who was acting mayor for the past week with Mayor Richard Riordan and Ferraro both out of the city, became a highly visible temporary chief executive with a series of news conferences, including one to declare a citywide alert due to sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel temperatures. Councilwoman Laura Chick spent two weeks in Cuernevaca, Mexico, in a Spanish-immersion program that was partly paid for out of her officeholder of·fice·hold·er n. One who holds public office. Noun 1. officeholder - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for account and partly out of her own pocket, she said. Councilman Mike Hernandez, arrested one year ago on cocaine possession charges, said he spent his time returning to the hospital where he underwent rehabilitation to work with other alcohol and drug addicts. Councilman Mike Feuer said he spent the first week of his vacation in New York with his in-laws and worked the second week. Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski went hiking around Santa Fe, N.M., while Councilwoman Rita Walters said she spent her time on the island of Maui in Hawaii relaxing. Councilman Hal Bernson retreated to a San Diego area home. Councilman Rudy Svorinich Jr., the one-time owner of a paint store, proudly showed off stained hands Tuesday from painting his house. Councilman Nate Holden said he spent his time relaxing at home and restoring a 1965 Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and he owns. Councilman Richard Alatorre's time was spent in court in a child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their hearing over his efforts to retain the guardianship of his niece. Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg used the time as a candidate for jury duty. ``I was called to five cases and rejected for each one,'' she said. |
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