PUBLIC FORUM : NOW'S SILENCE ON CLINTON IS DEAFENING.What has happened to the voice of the National Organization for Women? It used to be the first one to defend and represent any and every pro-woman cause. It also used to be the first one on the attack when anyone publicly degraded or offended, much less harassed, any woman. In the last few months, the silence in the NOW camp has been deafening. President Clinton, a man in an incredibly powerful position, while testifying in his 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. trial, is found to have another ``relationship'' that he lies about. If the original lawsuit wasn't enough, what about the fact that we know that when inherent power in top-level positions in businesses or nations is used to gain sexual favors, this is a demonstration of abuse of power? The fact that the woman, Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. , happened to want, need or enjoy this is absolutely irrelevant. That detail hasn't stopped NOW in the past. My point? I believe NOW has sold out. It is not out for women's interests. It is playing a partisan game In combinatorial game theory, a game is partisan or partizan if it is not impartial. That is, some moves are available to one player and not to the other. Most games are partisan; for example in chess, only one player can move the white pieces. . I'm not talking about Monica. I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. History After the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth about a man with a history of taking advantage of women sexually. How could a man with this pattern truly be an advocate of women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and ? - Lores Rizkalla Lores Rizkalla (b. 1969; Sagittarius) is a popular radio talk show host and much sought-out public speaker in the United States. Formerly a social studies high school teacher for the Los Angeles public schools, she presently hosts the talk radio show Lores Rizkalla Live on KRLA 870 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. The Constitution is facing a challenge it has never faced before: a challenge by a president who twice swore to ``preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States, document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the Constitution was signed on Sept. .'' Then he lied under oath (in interrogatories Written questions submitted to a party from his or her adversary to ascertain answers that are prepared in writing and signed under oath and that have relevance to the issues in a lawsuit. ), and again under oath and before a federal judge (Susan Webber Wright Susan Webber Wright (b. 1948) is a United States District Court judge presently serving as the chief judge of the Eastern District of Arkansas. She received national attention when she dismissed Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton in 1998. ) during his deposition in the Paula Jones
Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin case. Just imagine if you or I had lied under oath. The feds would be after us like a bear after a hive full of honey. - J.A. Nicassio Valencia Re ``Lewinsky may collect $3 million to tell tales,'' Daily News, Oct. 9: Well, I guess we've established what she is. Now we're just trying to settle on the price. - Tom Hodges Reseda Each morning I read the letters on the Daily News editorial page and continue to be amused at some of the ones defending Bill Clinton's escapades. On Oct. 13 there was one that's not just amusing, it's hilarious. The author thinks Clinton should ``sue Kenneth Starr for millions of dollars, claiming defamation of character.'' Defamation of character? I doubt seriously if they could find enough Hillarys to empanel TO EMPANEL, practice. To make a list or roll, by the sheriff or other authorized officer, of the names of jurors who are summoned to appear for the performance of such service as jurors are required to perform. a jury that wouldn't laugh that one out of court. - John Turner Granada Hills LAUSD's art Your Oct. 5 editorial ``Poor little rich district; LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) has treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of art and what else'' about the Los Angeles Unified School District's art collections was inaccurate, misleading and characteristically mean-spirited. To suggest to the public that our art collections have in some way been ``stashed and forgotten'' and that the public is being kept in the dark couldn't be further from the truth. Perhaps you and your readers will recall the Daily News' front-page article on the collections that appeared about two years ago. Our cooperation for that article was hardly an attempt to keep anyone in the dark. You are correct in noting that Stone Ishimaru has been working for the past 10 years identifying and cataloging the district's ``art treasures.'' Part of his task has been to round up the district's most valued pieces of art so they would be properly stored and secured. This has been accomplished. Our task now is to decide how this very eclectic group of works can best be used to benefit students and the community. We have an ad-hoc committee chaired by the president emeritus of the Getty Trust to help make these decisions. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , we hope the Daily News will rejoice with us and the art world when and if we are fortunate enough to find any new treasures that may have eluded our concerted efforts to find them. - Brad Sales Assistant to the superintendent, communications 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. Stands on death penalty Rhetoric: Dan Lungren and Gray Davis exchange accusations about being soft on crime and against the death penalty. Fact: There are more than 500 inmates on Death Row today. If we began executions tomorrow at a rate of one per day, we'd never catch up, as the courts continue to impose a penalty that is rarely enforced. - Brady T. Wood Woodland Hills Burbank Airport growth Burbank resident Alan Silvers champions the expansion of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (Public Forum, Oct. 5) and goes so far as to suggest that Glendale and Pasadena residents need to know the truth on this issue. Here are a few truths: Five of the last five Burbank City Council seats have gone to candidates who were adamant about limiting the degree of airport expansion. These five council members have invested $7 million of Burbank's funds to protect residents of Burbank and the eastern 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. from unfettered growth at the airport. A few more truths: In the last Burbank election, the airport was badly beaten in its attempt to influence Burbank voters on the implementation of a parking tax. More recently, 25 community members spoke at the airport hearing on the addition of flights by Reno Air; 24 were against the pre-curfew nights. Silvers is trying to build support for airport expansion from residents of Glendale and Pasadena. He might as well try there. He is likely to have little luck in Burbank or the eastern San Fernando Valley. - Ron Vanderford Burbank Valley NIMBYs I don't think the San Fernando Valley will ever change, whether it remains a part of Los Angeles or becomes a separate city. NIMBY NIM·BY n. pl. NIM·BYs Slang One who objects to the establishment in one's neighborhood of projects, such as incinerators, prisons, or homeless shelters, that are believed to be dangerous, unsightly, or otherwise undesirable. (``not in my back yard'') and neighborhood groups will continue to block any major changes. There is nothing that can be proposed that will not affect somebody negatively. NIMBYs in the past have blocked more freeways and light rail. They thought buses would be the solution until they discovered buses required storage and maintenance facilities. Nobody wants those facilities in their neighborhood. In the distant past, things were done on the basis of the greatest good for the greatest number of people, not what was best for some individual or neighborhood. - Ray Lord North Hills Galles rebutted Gary Galles (``Politics risker than market for Social Security,'' Viewpoint, Oct. 4) cites the Supreme Court ruling that because one has contributed to the Social Security pension fund, he or she is not entitled to benefits. That decision disregarded the Social Security law as it was passed and intended. The court aided Congress in breaching a contract and taking away a worker's pension. Dissenting Justice Hugo Black said people who pay premiums for insurance usually think they are paying for insurance, not flexibility and boldness. Social Security is an insurance program. Black said he could not believe that any private insurance company in America would be permitted to repudiate TO REPUDIATE. To repudiate a right is to express in a sufficient manner, a determination not to accept it, when it is offered. 2. He who repudiates a right cannot by that act transfer it to another. its matured contracts with its policyholders who have regularly paid all premiums in reliance upon the good faith of the company. The government does not ``own'' Social Security contributions as it ``owns'' income taxes. It is the trustee. Costs of administering the fund are paid for from the fund. Any other trustee who diverted the funds of beneficiaries to his own use would to to jail. We have to hold our government accountable. - Julia L. Richardson Burbank Miscikowski defended Your Sept. 29 editorial (``Razing concerns; community councils will aid development more than many think'') was totally wrong in its perception of our Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. member, Cindy Miscikowski. Every single time our community has sought her advice, opinion or insight, she has responded immediately either through her representatives or on her own. It has become customary to attack our community leaders, and unfortunately in many cases these attacks are justified or charter reform and/or detachment would not be necessary. If all our representatives were as responsive as Miscikowski, our Valley's problems might not exist. Those residents who indicated they were unable to reach Miscikowski must have the wrong telephone number. - J. Richard Leyner Encino Women as police Four-foot-tall men do not belong in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= , and women have no business being in the patrol aspect of law enforcement - that is, to be in the position that may require them to have a physical altercation with a male suspect. Men and women are different. Neither is ``better'' than the other, just ``different.'' But in a politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but society that bows to mediocrity instead of excellence, we are forced to allow women to enter a field in which they were never designed to function. Let the men be on patrol. There are plenty of other positions in law enforcement that women can function perfectly in, maybe better than a man in some cases. Does it really make sense to have women protecting us when most of them probably couldn't muster up the 100 foot-pounds of torque needed to change a tire on their own patrol cars, or drag their injured partner quickly to safety? - Doug Hamby Canyon Country Shopping carts There are people who desperately need exercise but fail to push shopping carts into the racks. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it's a mind-set or just plain laziness, but it is a lack of courtesy to other drivers. I push my carts into the rack, and so can you. The next car that gets dented from one of these carts rolling downhill may be yours. Please put these carts where they belong when you are done with them. - Dale Anderson Mission Hills |
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