PUBLIC FORUM : LEGISLATURE TO BLAME FOR INSURANCE SHORTAGE.Don't blame the insurance companies for the unavailability of homeowners insurance. And please understand that homeowners insurance is not synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as earthquake insurance Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover earthquake damage. . Many years ago the state required companies writing homeowners insurance in California to offer earthquake coverage. Now, after the Northridge disaster, companies have withdrawn from writing homeowners coverage to avoid being forced to provide earthquake coverage. Most residential lenders will accept normal homeowners coverage without the peril of earthquake. Such coverage would be readily available if state legislators would only repeal the requirement to include earthquake coverage. Such action would not eliminate the need for the California Earthquake Authority Established in September 1996 by the California Legislature, the California Earthquake Authority is a privately funded, publicly managed organization that sells California earthquake insurance policies through participating insurance companies. , but it would allow the insurance companies to conduct the business they know best: continuing to provide homeowners with the basic coverages they require. The state can eliminate the shortage of conventional homeowners insurance with one stroke of the pen. It is popular and easy to blame insurance companies when protection is expensive or unavailable but, they are, after all, private businesses - and no private business can be forced to jeopardize its existence. Insurance companies are not public utilities, and should not be regarded as such. Let the legislators clean up their act. Free up the homeowners insurance market and approve the California Earthquake Authority. - Harlan Campbell Tujunga Educating illegals The politicians who back an education ban on illegal aliens are not ``mean-spirited'' or ``whiners'' (``Education ban only picks on kids,'' Viewpoint, July 14). They are in fact acting upon the wishes of the majority of their constituents. All the whining heard is being done by those who would, at the expense of our children, give the last dime in the state coffers to people who do not have any legal or moral right to be within our borders. Our children have no political agenda, nor do they care whether or not their classmates Classmates can refer to either:
- Ari Rodriguez Sylmar How can he know? Regarding ``Anti-social behavior'' by Jose Pescador, consul general consul general n. pl. consuls general Abbr. CG A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country. of Mexico, Public Forum, July 19: Pescador states ``quite emphatically'' that no Mexican national was involved in the Westwood attack on Americans on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. . There are millions of Mexican nationals in California. How could the consul general know with such certainty that none of them participated in the July 4 assault? Voice of Citizens Together has called for a congressional investigation into the July 4 incident. The consul general's letter to the Daily News will be one of the exhibits we will be sending to Congress as part of our request. - Glenn Spencer For the baseball player, see . Glenn Spencer is an activist who advocates greater vigilance in securing the United States–Mexico border against Mexicans and illegal immigration. Voice of Citizens Together Sherman Oaks I wonder how Jose Pescador can substantiate his statement that Mexican nationals were not involved in the July 4 incident in Westwood. Did he check their documentation or does he know these individuals personally? I doubt that he could even produce a list of those involved, and if he isn't able to do that how can he know if they were or were not Mexican nationals? - John Gonzalez North Hills Cluster leader defended Regarding ``Eye-opening article'' by Sara Sommers, Public Forum, July 12: The 600-plus schools of 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. are varied in their population composition and, therefore, their cultural and academic needs. Most people agree that control should be as localized as possible. However, the district is charged with overseeing administrators who seek to pursue private agendas at the expense of the students and communities they serve. The particular cluster leader referred to by Sara Sommers is only doing her job. It is very easy for administrators who know their way around the rules and regulations to manipulate and control unknowing staff and parents. A seasoned professional cluster leader in any district, no matter what the size, keeps all employees in compliance with state, federal, and union guidelines so as to ensure equity for all. Remember that there is always the other side of the story and many hidden agendas. - Janette Lopez Sylmar Permit rejection praised As active members of our Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest, formerly a large royal forest, mainly in Nottinghamshire, central England. Remnants of the forest exist near Mansfield and Hucknall; efforts began in the 1990s to replant and expand it. It is famous as the haunt of Robin Hood and his band. Neighborhood Watch group, my wife and I and our two daughters have lived in a wonderful quiet residential neighborhood in Northridge for over 10 years. In April, to our dismay, we received an official-looking city notice informing us that Union Oil Co. of California had applied for a conditional use permit/variance for a liquor license Noun 1. liquor license - a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages liquor licence license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something and carwash, which would be built practically adjacent to our home. We knew that this would obviously disrupt our peace and serenity if granted. I, like many others, feared and felt certain that since it involved a big corporation, the zoning administrator would undoubtedly grant Unocal's application. My neighbors and I had our faith somewhat restored when we recently received Associate Zoning Administrator William E. Lillenberg's 12-page decision denying Unocal's application for a liquor license and carwash. Unfortunately, our faith in the system may be short-lived. Unocal will inevitably appeal the decision, and we fear that the members of our City Council will approve the permits. - Elliot Sanders Northridge Nukes do work Molly Ivins Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 – January 31 2007) was a liberal American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. informs us (``Capitol Hill pork reaches critical mass,'' Opinions, July 22) that ``nukes don't work.'' She cites for proof the fact that nuclear energy is more costly than conventional forms like coal and wind. Naturally, Ivins, who has previously concealed her vast expertise in energy engineering from readers, is careful not to mention that the cost of nuclear power is not due to anything inherent in the technology, but to external costs imposed by interveners, activists, litigators and nuclear experts like Ivins. If Ivins and her fellow know-nothings would simply have the good grace to shut up and get out of the way, nuclear power would soon be cheaper than conventional sources. But that would spoil the fun: First, obstruct an industry to such an extent that it is no longer economically feasible to develop it - and then complain that it is too expensive. - James F. Glass Chatsworth `It is time now to stop terrorism' Terrorism is the weapon of cowards and cowardly governments. They prey on children, the elderly, the infirm INFIRM. Weak, feeble. 2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness. and innocent people in every walk of life. There is a terrible irony that most governments involved in training terrorists and financing their cowardly deeds profess to be deeply religious while their vile acts are the antithesis of everything godly god·ly adj. god·li·er, god·li·est 1. Having great reverence for God; pious. 2. Divine. god and decent. For the last several decades we have let these madmen subject us to murder, indignity in·dig·ni·ty n. pl. in·dig·ni·ties 1. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment. 2. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront. 3. and inconvenience whenever and wherever we travel. It is absolutely ridiculous that an infinitesimal in·fin·i·tes·i·mal adj. 1. Immeasurably or incalculably minute. 2. Mathematics Capable of having values approaching zero as a limit. n. 1. number of crazed zealots Zealots (zĕl`əts), Jewish faction traced back to the revolt of the Maccabees (2d cent. B.C.). The name was first recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus as a designation for the Jewish resistance fighters of the war of A.D. 66–73. , seeking a place in paradise, can so drastically impact hundreds of millions of people. Recently, Sen. Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American businessman and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative), a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and of Georgia suggested that airlines increase their ticket prices by $5 to help provide better security at airports. The terrorists have won again. It is time now to stop terrorism. Legitimate governments in concert must issue an edict A decree or law of major import promulgated by a king, queen, or other sovereign of a government. An edict can be distinguished from a public proclamation in that an edict puts a new statute into effect whereas a public proclamation is no more than a declaration of a law to the world that any regime proved to be involved in a terrorist act or harboring known terrorists will suffer instant and massive retaliation Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive detterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack. . Ronald Reagan used that tactic on Libya and it worked. That edict must then be enforced and, if other governments waffle See WAFL. , the United States must go it alone where American citizens are involved. The fanatic regimes will then have the option of joining the community of man or joining their ancestors in paradise. - H.L. Bradbury Granada Hills With the opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, we hope that those who oppose peace do not attempt to showcase their hatred through violence; the memory of 1972 - Munich - is still vivid. Recent events illustrate that racial and religious intolerance is a major problem, particularly among youth. Perhaps the world will see the athletic competition and association with other cultures as a chance to try to better understand one another. The world's survival depends upon it. - Gary Traxler Oxnard CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Rescue: A woman is helped from the 1933 World TradeCenter bombing. Daily News. |
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