PUBLIC FORUM : IRRELEVANT QUESTION.After reading about mayoral candidate Councilman Joel Wachs' cable interview, I have almost given up hope that common sense will take hold in society before the turn of the century. First, I ask myself, why would any fairly schooled reporter ask such an irrelevant personal question? Secondly, why would Wachs choose to answer such an impertinent IMPERTINENT, practice, pleading. What does not appertain, or belong to; id est, qui ad rem non pertinet. 2. Evidence of facts which do not belong to the matter in question, is impertinent and inadmissible. question? The only answer I came up with is simple lack of intelligence from both parties. I am not an admirer of homosexuality and consider it an aberration, but simple common sense tells me that it should not disqualify To deprive of eligibility or render unfit; to disable or incapacitate. To be disqualified is to be stripped of legal capacity. A wife would be disqualified as a juror in her husband's trial for murder due to the nature of their relationship. any human being from doing good work. Based on what I know, Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management has done a very good job as a councilman and there seems to be no reason he could not be a good mayor, up to this point anyway. I believe intelligence is the ability to foresee the future consequences of our present actions. Joel Wachs failed to visualize that from this point on, he will have to overcome another political obstacle from those who do not like homosexuals and he will also have to express politically-correct statements about equal opportunities and all at the expense of his private life. And the brainless brain·less adj. Unintelligent; stupid. brain  less·ly adv.brain reporters, with their thoughtless and illogical question, have injected into society the seed of bias and confrontation. - Michael C. Campos West Hills Can't teach morality Of three letter-writers in the Nov. 15 Public Forum upset by Mona Charen's column on abortion and the harvesting of infant organs, one compared those atrocities to ``slavery and the treatment of American Indians American Indians: see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. .'' But the latter were the result of ignorant superstitious beliefs that some races were inferior and unworthy of civil rights. That changed when enough Americans' moral conscience - inspired by religious teaching - began to influence government action. The abortion holocaust, however, is justified by scientific evidence that human beings are no better than other life forms. And the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public schools can't teach religious morality - only science. - Bill Starr Burbank Serious health risk No matter what Browning Ferris Industries says, expanding the Sunshine Canyon Landfill so close to Van Gogh Elementary School elementary school: see school. and to the city's water supply is not good for anyone's health. Do any of the BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance executives or lobbyists who say the expanded landfill will be safe live in Granada Hills? Do any of their children go to Van Gogh? Do they care about the health and welfare of the citizens of Granada Hills or are they just expanding the dump for personal gain? The city council and Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. should listen to Assemblyman Scott Wildman Scott Wildman was a California State Assemblyman from 1996 until 2000. That year, he lost a State Senate primary to Dr. Jack Scott, an Assemblyman from a neighboring district. Wildman received 46.7% of the vote. , who wants the state Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
We must not let corporate greed stand in the way of people's safety. Having a landfill so close to Van Gogh and to our water supply is a serious health risk. Please don't turn Granada Hills into Grana-death Hills. - Gary Greenfield Granada Hills Promise Keepers Promise Keepers is an international Christian organization for men, based in Denver, Colorado, United States, self-described as "a Christ-centered organization dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, helping them to grow as Christians". I am writing in regards to the Nov. 5 Editorial cartoon This article or section deals primarily with the United States and Canada and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. that characterized Promise Keepers as a Mammoth. The cartoon implied that this organization is primitive and that they harm or degrade women. I take exception to this reasoning. I have been involved with this organization since 1993 and believe the principles they ascribe to are more relevant now than ever before. Especially in regards to the increase in violence in the schools. Imagine fathers across this nation committing to these seven simple basic concepts: honor Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. and the Bible; keep spiritually, morally, ethically and sexually pure; build strong marriages and families with biblical values; support one's church and pastor; reach beyond racial and denominational barriers; influence the world for Christ; pursue relationships with other men to hold them accountable to the concepts stated above. And then teaching them to their kids. I do not think it coincidence that overall crime rate has dropped significantly across this nation as reported recently since the inception of Promise Keepers in 1991. - Dennis Tayman Simi Valley Right the first time On Nov. 11, the Daily News published a letter, ``Math Lesson,'' by Herb Wiener in which he admitted to eating crow because he wrongly accused Walter Heuman of ``bad math.'' Over lunch, Heuman proved to Wiener that 0.12 was not the same as 12 percent. When I pay the city of Los Angeles
- Warren Friske Canoga Park Veterans' benefits U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. wrote an article praising our veterans. It was a chance, on Veterans Day, to shill shill Slang n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle. v. shilled, shill·ing, shills v.intr. for the present administration and announce that military personnel will receive the largest pay increase since 1982. Every service in the active and reserve force will receive a 4.8 percent raise in basic pay starting Jan. 1. In case you didn't know, every branch of service, including the Air Force, has not met their enlistment goals. When it comes to veterans, they find their benefits eroding. Disabled veterans receive minimal raises to let them know they are not forgotten. I am 10 percent disabled and received a 2.1 percent raise one year. It figured out to $1.95 more each month. But our generous Congress goes to the lower dollar amount. My increase - $1 per month! I am still glad to be living in the U.S.A. - Howard Knudson Van Nuys Real estate prices Recently I sold my home and became aware of an artificial means of raising the price of real estate. The seller is asked to assume the buyer's costs. Then the purchase price is raised enough to cover these costs, which raises the amount of the loan needed to cover the purchase price. One real estate salesman told me that she automatically asks the seller to assume the buyer's costs, and then adds the amount to the purchase price. Every bid on my property contained this provision. With the concurrence CONCURRENCE, French law. The equality of rights, or privilege which several persons-have over the same thing; as, for example, the right which two judgment creditors, Whose judgments were rendered at the same time, have to be paid out of the proceeds of real estate bound by them. Dict. de Jur. h.t. of my agent, I refused to accept these offers and held firm to my original price. As an accountant, I could figure who loses and who wins on such a bid. The buyer winds up paying costs which have increased since commissions and other costs are based on a percentage of the gross sale price. The seller's loss is the increase in commissions and other percentage-based costs. The real estate agents win though the increase in commissions, and the banks win through an increase in points. Future sellers set their sales price based on the prices received in their area. Thus the cycle continues. - Jean T. Dewey Quartz Hill Sun Valley neglect This is about an area that is being neglected by those who promised voters that they were going to look into their problems; that is, before the election. Now the election is over and our area is once again ignored. Trash in the streets, the council office closed, discarded used furniture and mattresses alongside the roadway, filth in the gutters and apathy creeping along the streets, into the hearts of the residents. Sun Valley no longer has productive large scale employers; the tax system on business saw to that. Lockheed moved out; so did Superscope, Sony and so many others. Not our fault, but the fault of the tax and political system. Now there is nothing for them to gain; read that as big votes. Our small population of about 69,000 doesn't count with politicians. We are left in our neighborhood to watch urban decay creep in. Many of our streets are not swept. The Pacific Pipeline squirts through our neighborhood. Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. , freeways, airports and other businesses that do not hire locally. Here is your challenge, politicians: Tell us and show that Sun Valley either means something to you or not. - Ron Hall Sun Valley CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. member Joel Wachs, a candidate for mayor in 2001, acknowledged during a television interview that he is gay. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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