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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.


A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past week

House of horrors

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 officials like to point fingers over who's to blame for the travesty that is MacLaren Children's Center in El Monte, but they should be pointing at themselves. Clearly the county isn't fit to run a facility of MacLaren's size and scope.

LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department.
 shortage

The Police Commission and Mayor James Hahn ought to think twice before jumping into the 12-hour, three-day work week for rank-and-file officers. While the LAPD struggles to get its numbers up, the three-day work plan appears to be dangerous, emotionally exhausting and foolish.

Act of betrayal

City Council President Alex Padilla sold out his own constituents 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.
 when he ousted Councilman Hal Bernson from the county agency overseeing the cityhood studies for the Valley, San Pedro and Hollywood.

Candor, not quibbling

Denials, belated admissions, begrudging be·grudge  
tr.v. be·grudged, be·grudg·ing, be·grudg·es
1. To envy the possession or enjoyment of: She begrudged him his youth. See Synonyms at envy.

2.
 efforts to fix what is broken is not the way Rocketdyne ought to be dealing with the community concerned with health problems stemming from the company's use of beryllium beryllium (bərĭl`ēəm) [from beryl ], metallic chemical element; symbol Be; at. no. 4; at. wt. 9.01218; m.p. about 1,278°C;; b.p. 2,970°C; (estimated); sp. gr. 1.85 at 20°C;; valence +2. .
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Editorial
Date:Aug 19, 2001
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