EDITORIAL LOST IN SPACE NOT ALL OF THE CONTROLLER'S WORK IS IN VAIN -- JUST MOST OF IT.CITY Controller Laura Chick worries whether all the hard work of her department to expose City Hall's failures will come to naught. And for good reason: Most of the problems she has pointed have yet to be fixed, even though years have gone by. But while many of the audits' revelations about wasteful and inefficient operations in city government have been relegated to dusty shelves, Chick can take heart that her relentless auditing of City Hall hasn't all been in vain vain adj. vain·er, vain·est 1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. . The controller's examination of billing for public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at the Department of Water and Power contributed to the ultimate conviction of executives of P.R. firm Fleishman-Hillard for overbilling the city. And Chick's audit of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. revealing problems with lax discipline, gender and racial discrimination has been instrumental in forcing reform. There's also hope that this week's audit of the Children's Museum Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs that stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are will inspire immediate action. Still, it's frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: to know that so much hard work has been lost in space. But that's standard for a city leadership that looks after its own interests and those of friends instead of solving the people's problems. |
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