Don't stumble, Tony!Villaraigosa will have to shatter the still-lingering suspicion that he will not exclusively cater to Latino and labor interests. He must get L.A. out from under the federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. that hangs over the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. . That means keeping police officials on course to implement the reforms mandated under the decree on the use of force, citizens' complaints and discipline. Villaraigosa also can turn the mayor's post into a bully pulpit to demand that school officials mount an attack on bureaucratic inertia, waste and mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. , while also improving teacher training
and handing over greater decision-making power to local schools.
Finally, Villaraigosa must make sure that City Hall is not for sale to the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. . That means appointing the best and most talented people to his staff, commissions and as city department heads, and not the biggest campaign contributors. |
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