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. Aiming low Officials are backing off of ambitious plans to put the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) in the top 10 percent of urban school districts in the nation. And that's precisely the can't-do attitude that's weighed down the LAUSD for decades. Political bedfellows You can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. And you can tell a lot about the policies of politicians by their supporters. That's why the SEIU's endorsement of Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California tells us so much about him. Cluff walks Probation probation, method by which the punishment of a convicted offender is conditionally suspended. The offender must remain in the community and under the supervision of a probation officer, who is usually a court-appointed official. may seem like a light sentence for Cody Cody (kō`dē), city (1990 pop. 7,897), seat of Park co., NW Wyo., on the Shoshone River in a sheep, cattle, and irrigated farm area; founded and inc. 1901 by William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Cluff, former president of the EIDC. But the real culprits in this scandal - the city and county elected leaders who enabled him - are getting off scot-free. Rubin's ruse Ruse (r  `sĕ), city (1993 pop. 170,209), NE Bulgaria, on the Danube River bordering Romania. The chief river port of Bulgaria, it is also an industrial and communications center. In the final days of 2003, the LAUSD sold the public on yet another bond measure, citing its careful management of past bond funds. Too bad it was all a lie. |
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