EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past week A thousand blows The crooked system of 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 politics is ripe for a revolution, and three elected officeholders - Controller Laura Chick and Councilwomen Wendy Greuel Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 2nd District. Greuel was elected in 2002 to fill the remainder of the term of Councilman Joel Wachs. She was elected in her own right in 2003 and reelected in 2007. and Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. - have begun chipping away. Politics as unusual In Sacramento, it's no longer a matter of Democrats versus Republicans. It's problem-solvers versus obstructionists. It's Gov. Schwarzenegger and Controller Westly versus partisans on both sides of the aisle. Taxpayers' burden There's one main reason why governments at the city, county and state levels are all struggling financially: Out-of-control compensation packages for public employees. Empire strikes back The complaint that real-estate mogul Alan Casden Alan I. Casden (born 1945) is a self-made real estate billionaire who lives in Beverly Hills, California. He is an accounting graduate of what is now the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California. Mr. has filed with the State Bar against Steve Cooley Stephen Lawrence ("Steve") Cooley (born May 1, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is a veteran prosecutor who was elected as Los Angeles County's 36th District Attorney on November 7, 2000. He was sworn in for his second term on December 6, 2004. marks just the beginning of what the district attorney can expect for going after corruption in City Hall. |
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