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. Sweet disarray With the fall 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 and the triumph of Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , 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 Hall is in a state of disarray - sweet, constructive, hopeful disarray. Politically friendly Political insiders aren't sidling up to Antonio Villaraigosa because they think he's such a swell guy. They're doing it because their main goal is preserving whatever status they have at City Hall. Leadership vacuum It's only fitting that outgoing Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn seems poised to end his tenure by trashing the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . As his legacy, let Sunshine Canyon bear his name: The James Kenneth Hahn Kenneth "Kenny" Frederick Hahn (August 19, 1920–1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years from 1952 to 1992. Prior to his election, Hahn served on the Los Angeles City Council. Garbage Dump. Arrogance of power If the county supes want to help District Attorney Steve Cooley and county Assessor Rick Auerbach fight term limits, they should do it on their own dime and not ask the taxpayers to pay for the legal battle. |
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