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. Teachers needed For 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. and his ambitious plans to take 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. , the political pieces are all falling into place. Grand(iose) fantasy Downtown's Grand Avenue project must stand on its own feet - without public subsidies. Charter revolution Parkman Middle School in Woodland Hills takes center stage in the education-reform debate, thanks to teachers who organize and the overwhelming success of charter schools. Double indemnity A term of an insurance policy by which the insurance company promises to pay the insured or the beneficiary twice the amount of coverage if loss occurs due to a particular cause or set of circumstances. Double indemnity clauses are found most often in life insurance policies. Two football teams at 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. Coliseum are better than none. That said, taxpayers shouldn't have to foot any of the bill. |
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