EDITORIAL : COUNCIL SEES STARS; L.A. WANTS TO BE SUGAR DADDY FOR LOW-BUDGET FLICKS.LIGHTS. Camera. Budget and Finance Committee, Scene I, Take 1. Councilman Mike Hernandez, always so concerned about the needs of the poor, sent a big ``Forget-Me-Not'' bouquet to the movie executives, telling them that if they can't get funding for their low-budget movies to come to City Hall, the dreammaker machine. But if City Hall becomes the next DreamWorks studio, will actors be allowed to smoke in city-financed films? Will producers be forced to hire FOMs - Friends of Mike - before they get city approval? Will the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. start holding meetings in
Sundance during the film festival?
Stay tuned. One thing we can say with near certainty: If the council starts bankrolling made-for-TV movies to keep them from skipping off to Canada, we know it will be great news for the family values family values pl.n. The moral and social values traditionally maintained and affirmed within a family. movement. Parents all across America will finally be able to trust their tots in front of a television set, knowing that Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Council-backed movies will be on the air. Obviously, the council would never stand for a script that violated its ban on tobacco and alcohol ads. And violence will be almost nil with its strict handgun ban policy in force on the set. In fact, with ``Mr. Clean'' Councilman Mike Feuer on the set, the public is guaranteed that nothing suggestive will get by his easily offended of·fend v. of·fend·ed, of·fend·ing, of·fends v.tr. 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. 2. sensibilities. It will be like Hollywood returning to the Hayes days of the 1930s, when nothing untoward got by a scrupulous scru·pu·lous adj. 1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous. 2. Having scruples; principled. censor censor (sĕn`sər), title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 B.C. to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior. . Hernandez asked for a report on how the city could create a special fund to provide gap financing The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Gap Financing is a term mostly associated with mortgage loans or property loans. for low-budget movies, saying the city needed to send the industry ``a message on how much we want them to stay here.'' We expect Hernandez to announce this week that the city will be offering a special fund to keep the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. from fleeing Los Angeles and setting up an independent city. That fund will be called the Stop Sunshine Landfill fund, a fund to provide gap financing to cover medical costs and other expenses for families living near the dump. We also expect that council meetings will be coming soon to a theater near you. Watch for them. Critics say they're hilarious viewing and will leave you screaming for more. Hernandez will surely win an Oscar for playing the part of a council member. |
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