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. Cataclysmic cat·a·clysm n. 1. A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change. 2. A violent and sudden change in the earth's crust. 3. A devastating flood. times Cataclysmic events, like 9-11 four years ago and, more recently, Hurricane Katrina, have a way of shattering our confidences, our pretenses and our illusions. Misrepresentative mis·rep·re·sent tr.v. mis·rep·re·sent·ed, mis·rep·re·sent·ing, mis·rep·re·sents 1. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of. 2. Those looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an illustration of how representative democracy can fail the people need look only at the Legislature's shameful politicking that jeopardizes $130 million in federal funding for a 405 car-pool lane. Power failure The blackout across much of Los Angeles on Monday ought to wake up members of the City Council as to what will happen if they give in to excessive pay raises for DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection workers. An F for finance Better late than never, officials at the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) are finally owning up to a reality that's growing harder to ignore: They've got a financial crisis on their hands. |
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