EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past week Tough love for L.A. Budget shortfall predictions of $300 million next year have the City Council realizing it may have gone overboard o·ver·board adv. Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship. Idiom: go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm. with its generous pay raises to city employee unions. Education turnaround The release of the Academic Performance Index last week showed that 85 percent of LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) schools reached or exceeded target scores, with credit going to educational reforms of the past few years. Get buses rolling The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. strike negotiations failed, prompting the agency to make a direct appeal to workers. It would have been the perfect time for MTA mechanics and drivers to consider that it's in their best interest - and everyone else's - to get back to work. Token gestures Mayor James Hahn's call to cut raises for nonunion nonunion /non·union/ (non-un´yun) failure of the ends of a fractured bone to unite. non·un·ion n. The failure of a fractured bone to heal normally. city workers as part of a budget crisis is just for show. If he were serious, he would reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. the contracts of the 35,000 union workers, as the City Council said it would do. |
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