PUBLIC FORUM : FORMER REPUBLICAN WANTS HIS MONEY BACK.As a former registered Republican, I have changed my affiliation to the Democratic Party. Thinking that the Republican Party represented the people, I unfortunately contributed many thousands of dollars over the years to the party. Having witnessed the House Republicans voting against the will of the people and now witnessing the Senate Republicans doing the same thing, I have contacted my attorneys to see if I could get my contributions back from the Republican Party, if necessary through litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . I donated those thousands of dollars in good faith. One of my attorneys told me, ``No, you erred in contributing to the Republican Party.'' The other one said I could not get my money back and that I was stupid to have contributed to that party. So now I'm wondering about malicious prosecution An action for damages brought by one against whom a civil suit or criminal proceeding has been unsuccessfully commenced without Probable Cause and for a purpose other than that of bringing the alleged offender to justice. . If the Republicans are making the Clinton attorneys go through an exercise that they know they can't win, can't get two-thirds of the Senate to vote to oust the president, don't the Democrats have the right to sue for malicious prosecution? Would Chief Justice William Rehnquist Noun 1. William Rehnquist - United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist have the authority to preside over such a trial? And with all the talk about making President Clinton pay the $40 million to $50 million that Ken Starr has already cost the American taxpayers and the eventual dragging-out of this trial by the Senate - to where we will have a cost to the American taxpayers of probably $100 million (besides keeping the House and Senate from doing the job we are paying them to do) before the verdict is in - I have a suggestion. If Clinton is impeached and ousted, let's enforce the $100 million cost on him. If the Senate loses and the president is not ousted from office, let's enforce the $100 million judgment on the Republican jurors (the Senate) and on the Republican triers of the case and impeachers of the president, the House Republicans. - Robert A. Felburg Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. Concerning the comment by Leonard Lebow that ``our government is convicting our president on private matters - matters that hurt no one,'' (Public Forum, Jan. 24): Ironically, Democrats are using the same argument concerning the impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. trial of Clinton. What Lebow and others still don't get is that what happens in private while on the job can be grounds for a lawsuit. Employers can be sued for sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. and denied appointment to high places if allegations are proved. Remember that this impeachment trial is a direct result of Clinton's being sued for sexual harassment. Then he lied, and got caught in a lie that has resulted in his impeachment. Now we read that it is not the old-men Republicans who are after Clinton but ``a small, secret clique (mathematics) clique - A maximal totally connected subgraph. Given a graph with nodes N, a clique C is a subset of N where every node in C is directly connected to every other node in C (i.e. C is totally connected), and C contains all such nodes (C is maximal). of lawyers in their 30s who share a deep antipathy toward the president'' (``Legal clique drove Clinton case,'' Daily News, Jan. 24). Clinton and his Democratic cronies are slick lawyers who thought they could get away with anything. Unfortunately for them, they have met their match in an even slicker group of legal patriots. Bravo! - Robert Breor Van Nuys Sen. Robert Byrd stated that this trial is tearing us apart and should be dismissed. I want to say: If you get a big splinter SPLINTER - A PL/I interpreter with debugging features. [Sammet 1969, p.600]. in your finger and it is causing unbearable pain, do you remove the splinter or cut off your finger? - Sarah Lucas Sarah Lucas (born Holloway, London, 1962) is a contemporary British artist. One of the leading figures in the generation of young British artists who emerged during the 1990s, she has gained an international reputation for provocative works that frequently employ coarse visual puns and a North Hills County dragging its feet I read about 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. County's draft report estimating that the cost of studying secession would be about $8.1 million. Although the county was supposed to estimate the cost of studying a possible secession by the Valley, it has unilaterally chosen to also include the costs of secession by other communities, thereby artificially inflating the cost of the study and delaying its results. It appears logically appealing to say county officials are trying to make efficient use of limited resources by doing it ``all at once,'' but this is not what they are supposed to be analyzing. Such delaying and inflating tactics may be expected, but they must be recognized for what they are - needless waste. If this is the kind of analytical information we can expect from the county, its efforts should be suspect before they begin. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to have a court-appointed board using an outside (non-California) firm to impartially analyze the costs. - Wayne Bottomley Sherman Oaks Come on, guys. The only ones who need $8 million to prove the feasibility of the Valley splitting off from Los Angeles are the powers that be in Los Angeles. The Valley will be able to use its own $8 million to set up its own government after we have the vote to secede se·cede intr.v. se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing, se·cedes To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance. [Latin s . And with all the brains and money in the Valley, we should have no trouble with our own government, school districts, city manager or mayor, city council or whatever. So stop stalling. Let us have the vote. - Theodora Howell West Hills Bond appears too costly The city of Los Angeles
If the city floats a general obligation bond for around $750 million at, say, 4.5 percent for 30 years, what is the real cost? I came up with a total cost of $1.368 billion, because there is about $618 million in interest for which the taxpayers will be held accountable over that 30-year period. It would seem that by saving this money now in some type of interest-bearing fund, it would be substantially less expensive. Are there any accountants out there who can check out these calculations? - John Engels Northridge Tell truth about 101-405 I was disappointed in your article Jan. 23 regarding projects to upgrade the 101-405 interchange (``Freeway upgrades slide into fast lane,'' Daily News). It's not that theS proposed projects are not useful considering the amount of money being spent, but the article implies that the problem is with the interchange itself. Unfortunately, the problem lies in the lack of capacity, especially on the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. between LAX and the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. . The cost to add lanes in this corridor is in the hundreds of millions. The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Association of Governments documented the need for these lanes in its 1998 Regional Transportation Plan. The 101 had a lane added in each direction seven years ago, but is still congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. . Some say we should not add lanes because they will become congested. The idea that we should not spend tax dollars because the taxpayers will use the facility, instead spending the money on facilities that few will use, is Orwellian. What's needed is a politician willing to risk his or her job by telling the people the truth. Unfortunately, the fate of messengers bearing bad news makes that seem unlikely. - Gerald Bare Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). |
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