EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past week ``Rampart finale'' The end of District Attorney Steve Cooley's Rampart investigation proves that the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. is guilty of allowing a rogue unit to run wild, but not of a ``pattern and practice'' of civil rights violations. That makes the federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. a costly, dangerous and unnecessary burden. ``Public insecurity'' The price of Mayor James Hahn's political payoff to the Police Protective League - the compressed LAPD workweek - is steep. It will mean fewer cops on the streets at a time when they are in greater need than ever. ``Cheating teachers'' It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for the young Turks Young Turks: see Ottoman Empire. Young Turks Turkish Jöntürkler Coalition of young dissidents who ended the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire. in the UTLA UTLA United Teachers of Los Angeles (California) to take back their union from the old guard that disdains the very idea of merit and stands in the way of great teaching. ``Border politics'' The problem of illegal immigration requires serious discussion, not just the political pandering Mayor James Hahn offered on his trip to Mexico. |
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