HAHN SEEKS PHONE FIXES.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer 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 announced a plan Tuesday to reduce cell-phone ``dead spots'' 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. , as his opponents in the March 8 primary stepped up efforts to make a case against his re-election. Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg launched a television commercial attacking Hahn on issues ranging from the need for more police officers to synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. traffic signals. The ad drew support from other mayoral challengers, but an angry response from the mayor's campaign. The 30-second spot by Hertzberg, which also will be featured on his Web site, depicts him walking among the buildings and streets of the city. ``I'm Bob Hertzberg and you deserve a mayor who doesn't tiptoe around problems,'' the commercial starts. Hertzberg then outlines his proposals to break up 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. , establish a commuter's bill of rights and increase the number of police on the street. Hertzberg is the first of the major candidates to begin commercials, with a $230,000 television buy that is being run in conjunction with a mail campaign to voters. At his own news conference in Hollywood, Hahn said he would have no comment about it. ``Everyone has their own strategy on how to communicate with voters,'' Hahn said. His campaign aides, however, were not reticent in attacking the commercial. ``Bob Hertzberg is the flip-flop candidate of this race,'' Hahn consultant Kam Kuwata said. ``When he was in Sacramento, he fought to keep the Los Angeles Unified School District together. Now, when he's in an election for mayor, he is supporting its breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. .'' Hertzberg has acknowledged his change of position, saying he changed his mind after learning more about the district's problems. Kuwata also took issue with Hertzberg's contention that more needs to be done to synchronize See synchronization. streetlights. Such a program is in place, Kuwata said, and Hahn expanded it to include 2,900 of the city's 4,200 intersections with signals. Councilman 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. , another of the major candidates, said he welcomed the Hertzberg commercials for their potential in raising voter interest as well as in making the case against Hahn's re-election. ``I think these commercials begin to lay out the case on why we need a new mayor,'' Villaraigosa said. ``I don't think it affects my campaign at all. We have different bases we are trying to attract. If this hurts anyone, it hurts the mayor.'' Hahn, in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , announced he was seeking requests for proposals on ways the city can help the wireless industry enhance service. ``There are too many parts of the city where (cell phone) service keeps dropping,'' he said. ``We need to take the new technology and make sure people are able to use their cell phones anywhere in the city.'' Under the proposal, companies would be invited to lease utility poles A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. and other city facilities for high-tech equipment that could boost cell- phone range and help create ``Wi-Fi'' or wireless hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. that laptop computer A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. users could utilize. Hahn said it could result in new revenue for the city that he would commit to use for upgrading communication equipment, particularly for the Los Angeles Police and Fire departments. Also Tuesday, city Controller Laura Chick said she had briefed the four leading mayoral candidates on audits her office is conducting and to offer her insights from the past four years as controller and her eight years on the council. Chick, who withdrew her earlier endorsement of Hahn, said she will not publicly back any candidate in the primary election but wanted to offer her views to the candidates - Villaraigosa and Hertzberg as well as Councilman Bernard Parks and state Sen. Richard Alarcon. She said she met with each one for about two hours last week at her Silver Lake home and came away impressed with each of them. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mayor James Hahn announces his plan to eliminate cell-phone ``dead spots'' at an appearance in Hollywood. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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