PUBLIC FORUM : COUNCIL INCONSISTENT ON CITYWIDE VOTE ISSUE.Re ``Council majority endorses secession-veto proposal'' (Daily News Jan. 17): Could someone please explain to me how our esteemed City Council can demand a vote of ``the whole city'' on the issue of 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. secession little more than a week after it adamantly contended ``a citywide vote'' would be patently illegal on the issue of charter reform? Could it be the council deems legal whatever supports its members' efforts to grab even more power than they already have? The horrible possibility that the council would have a direct hand in management, or - more likely, mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. - is also the primary
argument I can think of against having the city of Los Angeles
adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. at Dodger Stadium • • [ and couldn't conveniently get there on the city's woeful woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: public transit system. - Larry D. Spears North Hollywood Added LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. cars When the ``proposal'' to increase the number of Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . basic cars was reported Jan 14, I was slightly
confused. When an editorial the next day (``More police in the
Valley'') questioned the timing of the proposal, I decided I
had to write.
As the co-chair of the Foothill Area Community-Police Advisory Board, I know that our group provided input last year regarding the boundaries of proposed new cars in the Foothill Division. A quick check showed that our May 1996 minutes refer to the project. It is my understanding that Foothill's new cars will be staffed and in full operation within weeks. However people feel about Police Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. , I think it is important that they know that this is not ``the kind of thing incumbents do when they are running for re-election.'' This is not a new idea - it is a done deal. - Thomas M. Weissbarth Sylmar Deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. and the DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection Congratulations on your Jan. 14 editorial, ``Electric shock,'' which emphasized the need for the Department of Water and Power to become competitive in a deregulated electric market. With less than one year before the start of open competition in the electric utility industry, the DWP is under extreme pressure to accelerate its efforts to compete in an unregulated market. Thank you for helping to send the message to Los Angeles' elected officials that the policy decisions that must be made in the coming months are of critical importance to the success of the DWP as well as the city. I hope this signals a new trend in Daily News reporting of covering newsworthy rather than tabloid issues. Please continue to help educate the public of the importance of the issues facing the DWP as the electric utility industry speeds toward open competition. - William R. McCarley General Manager Department of Water And Power 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. Chick rebutted Re the Opinions article by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Laura Chick on Jan. 10, ``Let's keep Dodgers a player in the community.'' Chick is putting her priorities in the wrong place. Why is council member Chick suggesting that ``the Dodgers could become a nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. run by a board of directors who generate revenue for the Dodgers.'' She then stated ``The Packers pay no taxes because the clubs earnings are plowed back into team operations.'' Concentration should not be placed on making the already successful Dodgers operation a tax-free entity. We should be concentrating on lowering the taxes for small businesses so that they and the thousands of people they employ can also survive in Los Angeles. Chick also suggests that ``stockholders would have the right to attend and vote at stockholder meetings.'' Does this mean that the stockholders would have the same ``say so'' that citizens now have when they appear before the City Council? Forget it. - Mort DiamoSnd Canoga Park `Gender equality' V. Diane Woodbrown's Jan. 14 Opinions piece, ``Even strong woman may wimp out on gender equality'' is just another example of feminist whining. As many others have pointed out, feminists of Woodbrown's disposition want things both ways. On the one hand, they claim to be tough, capable, competent persons, able to run with the boys and stand the heat. Such a person is able to deal with an occasional off-color joke or insensitive comment without dissolving into tears. On the other hand, they wish to be treated as delicate flowers, elevated to pedestals and defended from ``insensitivity.'' Such fragile creatures must be protected from anything harsh - including reality. They cannot have it both ways. Choose one. - James F. Glass Chatsworth `Drivel' I can only hope that the Daily News is under some kind of contract that requires it to print drivel driv·el v. driv·eled or driv·elled, driv·el·ing or driv·el·ling, driv·els v.intr. 1. To slobber; drool. 2. To flow like spittle or saliva. 3. such as appeared in your Jan. 14 Opinions section by Maureen Dowd Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times.[1][2] She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. (``Newt's speech: The choice bits you never heard''). What a piece of pathetic juvenile, uncreative slop. Also, the dumb article taken from V. Diane Woodbrown's book (``Even strong woman may wimp out on gender equality''): Was someone scraping the bottom of the barrel because the weather had short-circuited his brain? - VaNile Risser Canyon Country Welfare changes These are additional letters on Saturday's Public Forum topic - Gov. Pete Wilson's welfare reform plan. It's not a perfect world, but it can be a kinder more equitable one if our elected officials would use a little common sense, some kindness and have the manners not to degrade other members of our society who turn to the government for help. Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that should stop abusing his constituents for the simple reason that welfare recipients have the right to vote. - Trudy Hofman Valencia Gov. Pete Wilson's proposed welfare changes are long overdue. I know, you know and almost everyone else knows that there are peopSle on welfare who are fully capable of working, but have been riding this gravy train gravy train n. Slang An occupation or other source of income that requires little effort while yielding considerable profit. gravy train Noun Slang for years. I think that his ideas will give some people an incentive to work. - Robert L. Doney Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. `Misinformation' on ebonics Misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis about ``black English'' or ``ebonics'' is rampant, as reflected in the letters by Paul Vaughn and J. A. Nicassio (Public Forum, Jan. 16). ``Black English'' is a recognized dialect of the English language, with its own grammar and use of words that differs from ``standard'' English and other recognized dialects such as Appalachian or Bronx. It is the spoken form used in a substantial number of black homes and communities. It is not used ``as a matter of choice,'' as Vaughn insists, even though ``standard English'' is spoken in many homes such as that of Bryant Gumbel. The Oakland schools program is to make it easier for ``black-speaking'' students to learn and use standard English without putting down, and creating disrespect for the families and communities from which those students come. Nothing can be more devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. to a person's self-respect than being told over and over again, ``You are wrong. You are ignorant. Speak correctly.'' The Oakland program may be seen as ``a phony and misleading ploy for more money and a bigger power base'' - whatever that last means - if one accepts all of the cliche thinking that is being expressed by those that should know better. And if more money can be brought into the school district by that means to help teach ``standard English,'' it isn't bad. No classes are being given and there is no instruction in ``ebonics.'' - Kenneth H. Bonnell Eagle Rock Taping of Gingrich was a crime As unbelievable as the story of a taping of Newt Gingrich's phone conversation by the Florida couple is, it's even more incredible that the news media, including the Daily News, keep stating that a crime ``may'' have been committed. There is no doubt about the legality of the situatSion. It's against the law, a felony, both state and federal. The ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. , Jim McDermott, acted illegally when he turned the taped conversation over to The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. And, yes, the Times has also acted illegally in accepting and printing this information. The Daily News has seen fit to publish many articles by one Adam Clymer of The New York Times chronicling the never-ending saga of Newt Gingrich and the ethics investigation. Does the fact that Clymer is the one who wrote the Times story from the illegal tape preclude his further appearance in the Daily News? One can only hope. - Thomas Jebb Camarillo I see by the Jan. 16 Daily News that Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is all upset by the ``logjam'' caused by the debate over Newt Gingrich's problems. Sen. Boxer: Those of us out here in the real world are in no hurry at all to see the speaker's problem resolved. As long as this goes on, you and your compatriots won't be creating new ways to take and spend our tax dollars, create more new socialist schemes, devise new ways to carve up the pork barrel and do all the other things you people like to do. There is no hurry at all. Take your time. - Tom D. Atkins Temple City |
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