EDITORIAL WEEK IN REVIEW.A roundup of some of our more important editorials this past weekTabling reform Despite secession-campaign promises to make 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. more business-friendly, city leaders have shelved plans to overhaul the arcane and onerous business tax, making L.A. more business-unfriendly than ever. Flexible failure It's been more than a year since Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California successfully pushed through a compressed workweek for the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. , and the evidence suggests that while cops are happier, they're also less productive. Waiting for proof Now is not the time for the Bush administration to be issuing further threats against Iraq, but rather the time to wait and see whether Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. plans to cooperate or provoke a war. Lead by example Before state, county, city and LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) officials start taking an ax to vital programs, they should begin by scaling back their own perks, salaries, staffs and bureaucracies. |
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