EDITORIAL SECURITY FAILURE CITY HALL TAKES ITS SWEET TIME ON ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES.IN the year since Sept. 11, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. officials have worked diligently dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d on the local terrorist threat, and at last we see the fruits of their efforts: A 50-page report. No doubt, the terrorists are quaking quake intr.v. quaked, quak·ing, quakes 1. To shake or tremble, as from instability or shock. 2. To shiver, as with cold or from strong emotion. See Synonyms at shake. n. 1. in their boots. While city leaders gush about City Councilman Jack Weiss' anti-terrorism blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. - a study that comes without a time line or a price tag - the document's release only underscores that they have done practically nothing to make the second-largest city in America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. any safer from the threat of terrorist attack. City leaders' efforts to date have mostly been limited to their immediate surroundings. They beefed up security and added guards around City Hall immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but since then, they have taken their time on protecting the rest of the city. This, even though there's plenty of reason to believe that Los Angeles, with all its wealth, glamour, celebrities and cultural significance, could easily be next on the terrorists' hit list. Between the movie studios, landmarks and busy public venues, there's no shortage of targets - the least of which is L.A. City Hall. Now city officials warn that it will take years and millions of dollars to make L.A. as safe as it should be. Let's hope the terrorists are willing to wait that long. |
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