PUBLIC FORUM : ENCINO ISN'T ONLY VICTIM OF `OUTSIDER' TRAFFIC.It has been reported that in seeking ways to eliminate commuter traffic Noun 1. commuter traffic - traffic created by people going to or returning from work traffic - the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time in Encino Hills, the city paid for a study to identify drivers who do not live in that area but are using its streets as a short cut (``Valley traffic fix in limbo; no more hope for Reseda route,'' Daily News, April 12). So what? Are these private roads A street or route that is designated by a public authority to accommodate a person or a group of people. A private road is often established because an individual needs to gain access to land; such a road can cross another person's property. ? I always thought that the public was allowed free access to public roads. I know that the residents would like to deny access during certain hours and put in speed bumps and everything else to keep others out of their realm. It has been done in other enclaves recently but that is not fair. I have nothing against these residents, but they must not receive more consideration than has been given to others. My family has owned a house on Topanga Canyon Boulevard near Roscoe Boulevard since the 1950s. It was once a rural road. There was a farm across the street from our home. When traffic increased, they made the road wider. We had no say. I can guarantee you that very few of the hundreds of vehicles that pass the homes on Topanga every hour are from this neighborhood. Why the double standard? Shouldn't one area zoned as residential be entitled to the same health and safety considerations as another? Inside my house there is the constant drone and rumble. Outside it roars. Neighbors can't even talk to each other above the noise. Perhaps it is time for all the boulevard dwellers to unite. - Ron Vartian Canoga Park SUV control needed While our state legislators frequently concentrate on attempting to pass more and more gun control laws, allegedly to make us all safer, what they really ought to be going after is what I've termed SUV control. In my opinion, sport-utility vehicles are far more of a menace to the general public's daily safety than all the so-called assault weapons, Saturday night specials Saturday Night Special A slang term used to refer to a surprise takeover attempt. Notes: The term alludes to the fact that many takeover bids are announced over the weekend in order to avoid too much publicity. and other firearms they are constantly seeking to ban. I commute 42 miles daily from Reseda to Norwalk, driving about three hours per day on L.A. freeways. Although I've never seen anyone using or even just brandishing an assault weapon or Saturday night special on the freeways, I have all too frequently observed the following with regard to SUVs: It seems that when someone buys an SUV, he instantly become a more aggressive and impatient driver. Sitting that high up and looking down on everyone else seems to give SUV drivers false feelings of dominance, power and immunity to harm. Very often the overly aggressive acts of a typical SUV driver seem to promote road rage See Web rage. from otherwise calm, peaceful and law-abiding drivers. Eventually, someone is going to be injured or killed as a result. I see a lot of accidents on the freeways, and more and more of them involve SUVs. At these accident scenes, it is not that uncommon to see an SUV lying on its side or on its roof. SUVs' high center of gravity easily explains this tendency for them to flip or roll. - David L. Peltz Reseda `Shining example' I applaud Gilbert and Lupe Gonzales (``Shining example; parents' sacrifices put kids on road to success'' by Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
No, make that a standing ovation. My wife and I try to follow the example of people with such qualities. People need to realize that if, as parents and grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , they would take just a little time with their own children, society would benefit. Unfortunately, so many adults are thinking only about themselves: how much money I can make, what I can buy. What they don't realize is that their future is in their children. Their immortality lies in their children. - T.W. Verhaegh Castaic Rebuttal rebuttal n. evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument. on Prop. 224 I have always considered your editorials to be well-researched, so I was shocked at your misinformed position against Proposition 224 (``No on Proposition 224; Initiative falls short of its promise of `competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. ,' '' April 21). Proposition 224 addresses the issues of project design and construction inspection on state-funded projects such as highway construction. Project construction, as always, is performed by the private sector. A yes vote for Proposition 224 supports an end to the awarding of overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. , no-bid contracts to contractors whose large political contributions are on public record. Our tax dollars should not be used to subsidize political campaigns or as rewards for political favors. Political manipulation of transportation funds is neither new nor trivial. It was the misuse of highway construction money that forced Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth Governor of Maryland. to resign from the vice presidency the office of vice president. See also: Vice in 1973. A yes vote on Proposition 224 promotes wise spending. Various studies have indicated that contracting-out public projects does not guarantee savings. A yes vote on Proposition 224 will hold private contractors responsible for their own shoddy shod·dy adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est 1. Made of or containing inferior material. 2. a. Of poor quality or craft. b. Rundown; shabby. 3. work or nonperformance of a contract. I support Proposition 224 because, as a taxpaying California resident, I am concerned about how wisely my tax dollars are spent and because, as a Caltrans engineer, I am aware that the traveling safety of my six grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. could be jeopardized. - Susan J. McGinn Moorpark Council pay raise So our wonderful Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. people think they deserve a 9 percent raise. Some of them say they have to put in 16- to 17-hour days. How many people in the private sector who run their own businesses have to put in that many hours every day for probably half the money or benefits these people get? I will give them one thing in their favor. They sure can spend our money. Does anyone remember when former Mayor Tom Bradley Noun 1. Tom Bradley - United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) Bradley, Thomas Bradley , with the council's OK, raised our city utility tax from 5 percent to 10 percent? Yes, our council members are all for us. I hope they saw the results of the Daily News phone question April 14. (``Do L.A. City Council members deserve 9.5 percent raises?'' Yes, 3 percent; no, 97 percent. Responses: 1,302.) - Jane McKinsey Canoga Park Impotence pill From the beginning of time, older men have had an impotence problem. It is estimated that there are from 10 million to 20 million men with this problem, and there have been many different exotic drugs and all sorts of idiotic solutions sold to these men, with little or no actual satisfaction. Finally there is good news for these men. Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., after long and rigid testing, received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, for impotency: Viagra. There is a bad side to this story. The pills will sell wholesale at $7 each. By the time it passes through the pharmacy they probably will cost $10 or more. Pfizer is out to make hay while the sun shines before any other company gets a similar product on the market. Pfizer's stock has doubled in just the past eight short months - from $52 to just over $100. There are two other companies on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of receiving approval, and it will be very interesting what competition will do to these prices. - Clarence W. Hayward 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. Rape law obsolete Regarding ``Statutory rape Sexual intercourse by an adult with a person below a statutorily designated age. The criminal offense of statutory rape is committed when an adult sexually penetrates a person who, under the law, is incapable of consenting to sex. law fights to change perceptions,'' Opinions, April 22: Diana Griego Erwin is living in the past. Today's America is not the America of ``The Donna Reed Donna Reed (January 27 1921 - January 14 1986) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Life and career Reed was born Donna Belle Mullenger on a farm near Denison, Iowa to William Richard Mullenger and Hazel Jane Shives. Show,'' ``Leave It To Beaver'' or even ``The Brady Bunch.'' The statutory rape law should be changed to match reality. She points out Gov. Pete Wilson's statistics: ``Two-thirds of the 70,000 babies born annually to teen mothers are fathered by men over 20 years old.'' For all the extra millions of dollars we have spent fighting statutory rape, what did we get: $8.4 million got us 1,137 convictions. That's about $7,400 per conviction, and those convictions didn't even put a slight dent in the 100,000 teen pregnancies. Erwin talks about protecting teen-age girls from older men. I don't think of the 21-year old Sacramento boyfriend as an older man. The distance between the fantasy of the deputy district attorney and the reality seen by the cop on the beat shows we need to change the laws. The DA says ``I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. how mature they are. If they are under age, they can't give consent.'' The cops say the girls won't testify and are back at their boyfriends' houses before the cops are even done with the paperwork. This is in the late 1990s. We let girls have abortions without anyone's permission. We try boys as adults for violent felonies. Are we prepared to bust half of all high school seniors for having sex with high school juniors? I would like to see the age of consent lowered to 15 with a five-year-spread condition. I do not want 40-year-olds having sex with 15-year-old girls, but don't waste resources trying to prosecute 19-year-olds who are having sex with 16-year-olds. - Roger Young Van Nuys LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. praised The recent arrest of two suspects for armed robberies and rapes in the North Hollywood area during February and March is but another display of the high degree of diligence and competence within the ranks of the 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 . . I personally wish to convey my thoughts of appreciation and praise to the LAPD detectives responsible for truly making the North Hollywood area a safer place to live in. Unfortunately, no such similar public acknowledgement from the Los Angeles City Council or so-called community leaders will be heard. However, should the news media report an alleged incident of misconduct within the department, a tornado of words of condemnation from these very same people will be instantly forthcoming. - Everett P. Harrington Glendale CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Plans to extend Reseda Boulevard beyond this gate appear dead. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News |
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