EDITORIAL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PUBLIC FORUM : ISRAEL DESERVES RIGHT TO HOUSE ITS OWN PEOPLE.What nation is expected to ask permission of its enemies, or even its friends, before building housing? Does the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ask Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. , Mohammar Gadhafi or even our good Canadian friends? And do we not condemn private land for such purposes? Doesn't every government have eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in ? When the South African government prevented its black citizens from living in certain parts of the country it was called ``apartheid,'' and we all were appalled. If the Israeli government were to prevent its Arab citizens from living in certain parts of that country, so would they be guilty of apartheid. Yet, some people demand that the Israeli government prevent Jews from living where they want. Is apartheid no longer apartheid when directed against Jews? - Louis Richter Encino So now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Yasser Arafat's ``inflammatory rhetoric'' is the cause of the recent suicide bombing Noun 1. suicide bombing - a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it bombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists suicide bombing n → . Wasn't it less than two short years ago that we saw Netanyahu himself denying that his own militant rhetoric was to blame for the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on November 4 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo agreements at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. ? One suspects that this latest bombing has little to do with any perceived incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. commentary by Arafat and very much to do with Netanyahu's never-ending series of provocations against the Palestinians, the latest of which is the building of new settlements on confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. Arab land in East Jerusalem East Jerusalem refers to the part of Jerusalem captured by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and subsequently by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. It includes Jerusalem's Old City and some of the holiest sites of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, such as the Temple Mount, Western . The question that we as Americans must ask ourselves is why does the U.S. government, which never fails to veto U.N. resolutions condemning this robber-baron policy, continue to support such grotesque provocations on the part of the Netanyahu government. I, for one, am sick of it, and would request of my political representatives that no more American tax dollars be used to support the racist, apartheid policies being promoted by Netanyahu. - Ronald O. Richards West Los Angeles
Severance pay Severance Pay Compensation that an employer gives to someone who is about to lose their job. Notes: Severance pay is not always paid to employees. It depends on the situation in which the employee is losing their job and whether legislation requires severance to be paid. for chief I wonder how many other citizens, whose tax dollars possibly will be used for another outrageous severance package A severance package is pay and benefits an employee receives when they leave employment at a company. In addition to the employee's remaining regular pay, it may include some of the following:
While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management , who says that Police Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. should continue working until his term is over on July 6, get paid his full salary for that time, and then go on to his next job. Those are my sentiments, too. Threats of a lawsuit do not justify the approval by our city officials of any such package. My vote on April 8 will certainly not go to any city official who allows himself or herself to be intimidated by threats. Of course, they will probably wrangle over this matter until after election day. - Bernadette Hammer Tarzana Regarding ``Officials debate Williams' severance,'' Daily News, March 21: It would be more appropriate for the five-person Executive Employee Relations Committee to arrive at a buyout for the entire City Council. It seems that Wachs has the correct solution to the chief's contract: Allow him to continue until the contract expires and then go on with his life. - Keene W. Thomas Canoga Park I am not a resident of Los Angeles, nor am I in a position to judge the performance of Chief Williams. I am concerned that any ``compensation'' for not renewing the chief's contract, if in fact it is not renewed, would be an absolute gift of public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public . He has a contract to fulfill until July. If the contract is renewed, he retains his position. If the contract is not renewed, he leaves. He knew that coming in. I am certain that the fact that he has never attempted to meet POST (Police Officer Standards and Training) requirements has angered many officers who have. - Gale Ten Eyck Ten Eyck may refer to: People:
Agoura Hills Leaving California The lead article on the front page of the Daily News on March 22, describing the migration of foreign immigrants to Los Angeles and the tremendous flight of U.S. citizens out, was somewhat shocking. Sooner or later, if this significant trend of replacing native-born Americans in the work force with foreign-born people continues, there will be no place to run to for native-born wage earners. What then? Yet again, we have clear, unquestionable data that shows we are allowing unskilled and low-skilled migrants to come into our country at a rate that is much too high for our economy, culture or society to absorb. Far from escaping poverty, we find that, even with the just-mentioned replacement factor in mind, still too many immigrants come here with no work and no future. Why on earth do we have immigrants trying to sell fruit on our street corners, trying to find any kind of day work, just hanging out at corners around hardware stores and moving companies, practically begging for work? There is such a surplus of immigrant labor that we can't even find full employment for many of those who are already here. Yet the legal door into our country remains wide open. By federal law, all immigrants entering this country swear he or she has a viable source of income, and a sponsor who would support him in time of need. Where are the sponsors of all of these unemployed immigrants? Why don't we follow up and make these sponsors liable, as we do fathers for child support? When a nation starts systematically replacing its workers with foreign-born workers, something is terribly wrong. This is not the wonderful internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation of American culture; it is the forced decline of the United States into the world of poverty and suffering by taking on a massive immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. burden that the large American working, taxpaying population can't possibly cope with. - Stan Bass Montrose Voters have spoken In his letter to the editor, S. Hoffman voices his support for illegal aliens (``Backlash over illegal immigrants shocking,'' Public Forum, March 21). Hoffman, and others, find it convenient to look beyond the fact that illegals are common criminals and must be deported. Hoffman purposely fails to mention that the majority of Californians voted to pass Proposition 187. Proposition 187 is quite clear. The vast majority of California taxpayers don't want to provide aid and comfort to illegals. - Robert Sennett Sylmar Living wage Your editorial (``Fewer jobs, higher taxes,'' March 20) on the Los Angeles living-wage ordinance is exactly right: Employers ``will hire fewer, better workers.'' The City Council members voting for this ordinance are either ignorant of fundamental economics or callously indifferent to the plight of those at the bottom of the economy who will be replaced with more productive workers. - Ernst F. Ghermann Winnetka Re ``Golf range employees see green'' - Daily News, March 19, 1997: The answer to Jeff Silverstein's doomsday drivel driv·el v. driv·eled or driv·elled, driv·el·ing or driv·el·ling, driv·els v.intr. 1. To slobber; drool. 2. To flow like spittle or saliva. 3. about the ``living wage'' and his threat to terminate his contract with the city can be found by paraphrasing his other comment: If he doesn't want it, there are plenty of other people who do. - Hubert Haraszewski Palmdale Critical editorials ignore progress Re ``Is anyone listening?'' March 17, and ``Fewer jobs, higher taxes,'' March 20: With some of your recent editorials lambasting the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. regarding our commitment to economic development, it was no
wonder that you missed probably one of the most significant votes
regarding economic revitalization for local neighborhoods taken in
recent history. With little fanfare, the Greater Lincoln Heights
Business Improvement District (BID), was unanimously approved last March
15.
What's the big deal? Well, historically, the city has created BIDs, currently more than 30 are at various stages, by local business assessing themselves. They take those monies and invest them in ways that will stimulate their local economies. As you can imagine, not all businesses are willing to participate, for a variety of reasons. Imagine for a moment, however, that instead of businesses creating an additional assessment for themselves, that the city, instead, pays them back some of the monies that these businesses already pay through their business taxes. Surprise. That is exactly what happened. In its first year alone, the Lincoln Heights Business Community will receive more than $130,000 in returned taxes through the nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. that will administer the program. Moreover, while other business improvement districts have trouble securing participation, 35-40 percent of all the businesses within the district have been contacted, with 260 out of 262 businesses - 99 percent - choosing to participate. The idea is to change the manner in which the city of Los Angeles
There was literally no debate about the issue. Quietly, the Greater Lincoln Heights BID passed and one of the most dynamic tools for helping local businesses lift themselves up by their own boot straps became a reality and that item was lost to the Daily News. - Mike Hernandez Council member 1st District Los Angeles |
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