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. Hahn's payoff In announcing that organized labor Organized Labor An association of workers united as a single, representative entity for the purpose of improving the workers' economic status and working conditions through collective bargaining with employers. Also known as "unions". will throw its support behind Mayor James Hahn's bid for re-election, union boss Miguel Contreras Miguel Contreras (September 17, 1952–May 6, 2005) was an American labor leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians."[1] made it clear that this endorsement was all about business. Gang-busting agency 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 Councilman Martin Ludlow Martin Ludlow (born 1964) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council, USA, from 2003 to 2005. He represented the 10th district. He was elected May 20, 2003 and resigned on June 30, 2005. has offered a promising proposal that ought to spark a serious debate about how to fight the spread of gang crime in the city. Telltale seal Back when supervisors and the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. conspired to purge a tiny cross from the county seal, they were trying to prevent controversy. Yet they've succeeded in creating a massive controversy they can't escape. Real reform Mayoral candidate Richard Alarcon has waded into the ethical sewer that is Los Angeles City Hall. But there's no magic pill to clean up city government - voters must get mad and throw the scoundrels out. |
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