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. Spending his capital If Mayor 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. makes good on his promise to restore accountability and credibility to 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. , he'll be more than just a celebrity in L.A. He'll be a hero. The elusive dream Tax reform is a good idea, but President George W. Bush's Tax Advisory Panel's proposal could have the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. effect of wiping out the dream of homeownership for millions of Americans. Cold feet The fact that not even the promise of $270 million in public subsidies is enough to make the Convention Center hotel deal pencil out ought to give Los Angeles' leaders pause. Just say no The 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. County Planning Commission has done something that the city of Los Angeles
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