EDITORIAL NO SHAME.THEIR reactions to Measure R's deliberate-misinformation ad campaign indicate that Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members aren't
losing sleep over this betrayal of the public.
In their morally flexible logic, lying, while not ideal, is acceptable since the public just can't be trusted with the truth. If Angelenos made decisions based on the facts -- namely that Measure R on the Nov. 7 ballot would merely rearrange the rules for lobbyists, not really clean up government, and give council members four additional years before term-limits kick in -- they wouldn't do the ``right thing,'' at least not ``the right thing'' for the council's self-interest. ``There are good public-policy reasons to extend term limits,'' said Councilman Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. , criticizing the ad but not its intentions. But if that's true, then why not run a campaign that points out the ``good'' facts? Surely if the best thing for the city is to have the council members ensconced en·sconce tr.v. en·sconced, en·sconc·ing, en·sconc·es 1. To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably: She ensconced herself in an armchair. 2. in their districts for additional years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time public will endorse it. We know why proponents rely instead on disinformation dis·in·for·ma·tion n. 1. Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: and half-truths -- and so do they, despite their protestations. |
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