EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past week 'Buying City Hall' The April elections promise to be the most expensive in 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. history, and lobbyist spending has gone up 15.6 percent since last year. City Hall is up for sale, and the special interests know it. 'Earth to Gray' Gov. Gray Davis tried to keep energy rates frozen by spending his way out of the power crisis. Now the state's surplus has been all but wiped out - and energy rates are still going up. 'Divorce, Valley style?' Now that a study proves that City Hall has long been giving the Valley a bum 1. bum - To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code." "I spent half the night bumming the interrupt code. deal, L.A. will need to make some major changes to keep the city together. 'Diversity reigns' The 2000 Census census, periodic official count of the number of persons and their condition and of the resources of a country. In ancient times, among the Jews and Romans, such enumeration was mainly for taxation and conscription purposes. shows that California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). is still a beacon to people all over the world, and that the dream of a better world for all is still alive, regardless of race, creed, religion or any of the other things that so often separate us. |
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