EDITORIAL GANG CONTROL REAL SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE SUBSTANCE, LESS SYMBOLISM.YOU might have missed it amid all the pomp POMP n. A drug used in cancer chemotherapy and composed of purinethol (6-mercaptopurine), Oncovin (vincristine sulfate), methotrexate, and prednisone. and circumstance surrounding inaugurations in Sacramento and in Washington, but a smaller dog-and-pony show dog-and-po·ny show n. Slang An elaborate presentation orchestrated to gain approval, as for a policy or product. [From the razzle-dazzle of trained animal acts at circuses.] took place earlier this week, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. took to the nation's capital. The purpose of the mayor's visit was noble, namely a meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez to plead for federal funding to help combat Los Angeles' escalating gang problem. But there's a long way to go between noble purpose and fruitful outcome. We don't mean to sound cynical. No doubt, it's a good thing to enlist Washington's assistance in the city's gang fight. But we've seen this ritual before. State or local leaders march off to D.C., demand support for some local concern -- and that's the last we hear about it for some time. Too often, the trip to Washington becomes a way to dump responsibility for a local problem into the lap of someone else far, far away. That can't happen (programming) can't happen - The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm; it is almost always handled with the city's anti-gang fight. Federal aid might be part of the solution to the city's gang crisis, but it's surely not the solution. Reining in L.A's urban terrorists is, first and foremost, a local responsibility. Under Police Chief William Bratton, crime in L.A. dropped by 7.7 percent last year, the fifth consecutive year of declines. But gang-related crimes jumped an alarming 14 percent, fueling a double-digit crime spike in 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. . Gang violence is terrorizing the city's neighborhoods, and a comprehensive response is needed. That response must include, but not be limited to, law enforcement. It also must include programs to reach at-risk kids and cure the noxious gang culture. But it will take a lot more than federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve or symbolic jaunts. It will take a real commitment from city leadership. |
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