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EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.


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

Nuking the Valley

Local leaders didn't so much as notice when radioactive waste radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness), disposing of such material is a  from Rocketdyne's former Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
  • The Santa Susana Mountains in southern California
  • Santa Susana Pass, running through the abovementioned mountains
  • Santa Susana Field Laboratory, near Los Angeles, a test facility for rockets and (formerly) nuclear reactors
 Field Laboratory was shipped into Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley. Great. Now there's not just one contaminated contaminated,
v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material.
2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials.
3. an infective surface or object.
 site 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.
, there are two.

Blaming Parks

Now that Mayor James Hahn has successfully made Chief Bernard Parks the scapegoat for all of the LAPD's woes, the credit - and the blame- for whatever happens next at the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department.
 is Hahn's alone.

Mr. Insider

City Councilman Tom LaBonge has so mastered the game of City Hall politics that just six months into his tenure, he stands to take over as council president.

Opening up L.A.

The fiasco surrounding the unceremonious dumping of Chief Parks speaks to the need for open and public reviews of all city general managers.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Editorial
Date:Apr 14, 2002
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