EDITORIAL BITING BACK.AFTER years of quietly enduring harassment and intimidation at the hands of animal-rights extremists, the city of Los Angeles
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has filed conspiracy charges against the Animal Defense League-Los Angeles, charging that the group's ``protest'' activities have veered into the realm of the criminal. The group, Delgadillo says, has engaged in a campaign of harassment against city workers and has condoned acts of violence and destruction. It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
Although ADL-LA denies responsibility, it's clear that some animal- rights extremists have been participating in unconscionable behavior, threatening city workers and smoke-bombing the home of ousted Animal Services Director Guerdon guer·don n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Stuckey. Moreover, just last week the animal-rights extremists scored a major victory when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa agreed to fire Stuckey. The decision may have been right on the merits on the merits adj. referring to a judgment, decision or ruling of a court based upon the facts presented in evidence and the law applied to that evidence. A judge decides a case "on the merits" when he/she bases the decision on the fundamental issues and considers , but it no doubt emboldened em·bold·en tr.v. em·bold·ened, em·bold·en·ing, em·bold·ens To foster boldness or courage in; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. some into thinking that intimidation is a good way to achieve their political ends. Being charged by Delgadillo should disabuse dis·a·buse tr.v. dis·a·bused, dis·a·bus·ing, dis·a·bus·es To free from a falsehood or misconception: I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur. them of that belief. To be sure, there are good, law-abiding people who are rightly passionate about improving the Los Angeles Animal Services Department. But the extremists are giving them a bad name, and their quasi-militant, uncivil ways are disrupting city government. City Hall officials must work in good faith with the activists who want to pursue their cause in the decent and legal way - and crack down on those who won't. |
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