EDITORIAL VIDEO REVOLUTION.THE digital age has come to 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. City Hall. Last week, the City Council debuted a video teleconferencing See videoconferencing. system by which residents can testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. at meetings without having to make the long slog downtown. It may be a far cry from giving people a real voice in their special-interest-dominated municipal government, but anything that makes civic life more accessible to the public is a welcome development. Now let's let's Contraction of let us. just hope that council members don't discover the ``mute'' button on their remote controls to shut off citizens who go to the Van Nuys Civic Center to speak to their elected representatives through the wonders of modern technology. |
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