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. Cancel the election? Special interests are clamoring to cancel the Nov. 8 special election since a judge banned a redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. measure from the ballot. But even without that measure, the election keeps alive a chance of meaningful reform in Sacramento. One tough sell Even without the parcel tax, the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board will have a very hard time convincing skeptical voters that they should pass a fourth bond measure in eight years. Greed power Proving that no good deed goes unpunished unpunished Adjective without suffering or resulting in a penalty: the guilty must not go unpunished, such crimes should not remain unpunished Adj. 1. , the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. plans to start socking large organizations that generate some of their own electricity in clean, environmentally friendly ways. Provincialism pro·vin·cial·ism n. 1. A regional word, phrase, pronunciation, or usage. 2. The condition of being provincial; lack of sophistication or perspective. Also called provinciality. 3. The disparity in federal transportation allocations shows that pork politics trumps sound policy based on actual need. |
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