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. A new hope If 2005 was the year of attempted reform for Sacramento Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , then 2006 could be the real McCoy Real McCoy, the probably originally McKay, a Scotch whisky; the term now alludes to the “first or best of its kind” or “the actual one.” [Pop. Culture: Payton, 409] See : Genuineness , assuming that political leaders have learned the lessons of the past. Advantage, Antonio In his fight to assume control over 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. , 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. seems to have the facts on his side. Making L.A. safer Crime is down 14 percent citywide, and even more in 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. . Pay close attention, because whatever Police Chief William Bratton is doing, he's doing it right. Crimes of opportunity Lobbyist Jack Abramoff's wrongdoings were crimes of opportunity. The real criminals in Washington, D.C., are the politicians who accept bribes to influence their public-policy decisions. |
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