EDITORIAL RIGHT ON R.FOR the most part, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. has enjoyed broad support from public-employee unions for Proposition R, its deceitful attempt to extend its members' terms in office. But not any more. Last week, the city's Engineers Architects Association came out against the measure. This is in stark contrast to SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union Local 347, which endorsed Proposition R, or the police and firefighters unions, which have both poured thousands of dollars into the yes campaign. So what gives? Yes, this could be a substantive, philosophical difference of opinion, but city politics rarely work on such a principled prin·ci·pled adj. Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle: a principled decision; a highly principled person. level. What's more likely is that the EAA EAA Experimental Aircraft Association EAA European Aluminium Association (Brussels, Belgium) EAA European Acoustics Association EAA Export Administration Act EAA Everglades Agricultural Area EAA European Association of Archaeologists , which is unable to get the contract it wants out of City Hall, is in no mood to give the council its coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. power extension. Whereas the other unions, having been properly coddled, want to keep their political benefactors in power for as long as possible. So the EAA has most likely done the right thing for the wrong reason -- which is better than we can say for the rest of the city's unions. CAPTION(S): box Box: Daily News Endorsements To Date |
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