EDITORIAL : LET'S PARTY MAYOR WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ON HOW TO CELEBRATE THE MILLENNIUM AND SHAPE L.A. FOR THE FUTURE.HEY, brother, can you spare some time? The countdown toward the millennium is under way and the city of Los Angeles
So Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. is issuing the call for all Angelenos to come to the aid of their city. As in: Hey, 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. , you've just reached the millennium. How are you going to celebrate? This is no Mickey Mouse offer. This is the genuine article. The mayor wants to hear from you about celebrating the millennium and about ways to make this a better city from now until 2001 when his term ends. Yes, you, there in Tarzana and Pacoima, North Hollywood and Sun Valley. From anyone with ideas to share anywhere in this vast city. People looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to participate, to make democracy come alive for the area and the rest of the city, here's your chance. Specifically, the mayor wants to know: 1. What are the two most important efforts, projects or ideas Mayor Riordan should undertake or focus upon in order to make the city safer and more livable, a city which feels like a community, one where opportunities are realized, families can thrive and we can feel connected? 2. As the city begins planning for a millennium-year celebration from 1999 to the year 2000, what about Los Angeles would you hope we celebrate? Would you like to be involved? How? Are there any concerns you might have about such a focus? Fax, write or e-mail the Daily News, (the address and fax number are on this page), and we'll forward the responses to the Mayor's Office, printing some of them along the way. How often have we railed on these editorial pages about an out-of-touch, out-of-sight and out-of-their-minds mentality in the downtown bunker known as City Hall? More times than we care to count. The mayor through his Chief of Staff Robin Kramer is opening the process to any and all who want to enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. and enrich this city and its
future. It's a chance for that slumbering giant - the San Fernando
Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, 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. - to wake up and heed the call. Stop slouching slouch v. slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es v.intr. 1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture. 2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat. v. toward the millennium, people. Put on your dancing shoes and let's go. |
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