EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.Highlights from some of our more important editorials this past week. To read the editorials in full, please visit our Web site at www.dailynews.com. Communication breakdown Sheriff Lee Baca's proposal to jam cell-phone reception at certain public venues throughout 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. County could create all kinds of dangerous unintended consequences For the "Law of unintended consequences", see Unintended consequence Unintended Consequences is a novel by author John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. . Fizzling phoniness The MTA's plan to slash funding for local service sectors offers yet more evidence that the half-hearted movement toward community empowerment in Los Angeles is coming to an end. Profiting from misery The discovery of a Canoga Park ``drop house'' for illegally smuggled smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. human cargo Human Cargo is a 2004 Canadian television miniseries. The series won seven Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. It premiered on CBC Television on January 4, 2004 and starred Kate Nelligan, Cara Pifko, and Nicholas Campbell. is a gruesome reminder that, thanks to the nation's broken immigration laws immigration laws npl → leyes fpl de inmigración immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration immigration laws npl , a vast industry continues to profit off of human misery. Integrity check Just how good do public employees have it in L.A.? Well, consider that the City Council is contemplating giving firefighters some $7.1 million - and the union that represents them is complaining about it. |
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