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 dailynews.com. No-spin zones LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) officials unwittingly validated Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bid to gain control of the district by starting to plan a public-relations blitz blitz n. 1. a. A blitzkrieg. b. A heavy aerial bombardment. 2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters. 3. against this reform effort. Double-decked deceit Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. California government does a dreadful job of building up the state's infrastructure, but it can manipulate the public beautifully. Just witness the controversy over Caltrans' ``plan'' to double-deck the 405 Freeway. Bush and the border In taking on the issue of America's badly broken immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. system, President George W. Bush is confronting a serious national problem that most others in Washington haven't even had the guts to acknowledge. Leap of faith The environmentalists, small-town politicians and community activists who cut a deal with 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. officials regarding the planned expansion of LAX may well live to realize they were snookered. |
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