PUBLIC FORUM ARNOLD'S ANSWER.Re ``Arnold's solution'' (Editorial, Jan. 12): Your editorial on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's solution was right on the money. Innovation has been the key to Arnold's strategy in helping sort out the economic mess our previous governor and legislators left us in. I watched his speech and was very dismayed to see many Democrats acting childish by refusing to politely applaud our new governor. Division is not the answer; bipartisan unity is. I will continue to pray for God's wisdom Noun 1. God's Wisdom - the omniscience of a divine being omniscience - the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge and grace to be upon our leader and for support from both political parties. - Heather Sanders Castaic Between two evils Gov. Schwarzenegger's approach to balancing the California budget is very unbalanced. We should not attempt to balance the budget with cuts alone, especially when those cuts fall most heavily on social programs. A mix of cuts and tax increases is a more humane way to go. Between two evils, choose the lesser; clearly raising taxes on the rich, the corporations and the big property owners is a lesser evil than cutting the poor, the elderly and the disabled. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to stop socking it to the poor every time there's a budget crisis, and time to start socking it to the rich. - Charles B. Edelman 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. No one is exempt Re ``BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance petitions to drop liner requirement'' (Jan. 9): Browning Ferris Industries does not want to even attempt to ensure the safety of L.A.'s drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . BFI does not want to spend the money to protect the very people who keep them in business. No one in Los Angeles is exempt from the potential dangers of hazardous fluids oozing oozing exudation of fluid. and leaching from the dump. The water board generously granted their permit to expand the offensive Sunshine dump with the requirement to add one more liner, but BFI balks at the $23 million cost. What are our health and the health of our children worth? - Joy Ming Granada Hills Lopez Canyon Landfill Re ``Left in the lurch'' (Jan.8): As a longtime resident of Kagel Canyon, I have kept abreast of Lopez Canyon Landfill, our next door neighbor, once repository of all of L.A. city's garbage. Highly impacted by the landfill, we endured noise, odors and air pollution but received only 5 percent of the $5 million landfill mitigation money. L.A. city never informed us of any remaining money. I am astounded a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, that City Council President Padilla has unilaterally appropriated this money. Since when were elected officials given license to steal? Surely there must be some responsible City Council members who remember the history of the landfill. Meanwhile, we residents of Kagel Canyon continue to look at our neighboring eyesore eye·sore n. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view. eyesore Noun something very ugly Noun 1. , closed 10 years ago, yet to be hydroseeded. - Katharine Paull Kagel Canyon Let's get tough Re ``Gangs deadlier than terror'' (Jan. 12): Home-grown gangs are great news for the average person to hear and even greater news for the gangs - that the police need federal help to control them. We have known what to do about these gangs for a long time. Let's get tough, Gov. Schwarzenegger - the ``one strike, you're out'' rule needs to be enforced and the meetings, meetings, meetings are over. - Anita Penniman Van Nuys Coincidence? Re Feuding fiefdoms'' (Editorial, Jan. 12): Thank you for commenting on Hal Bernson's despicable sell-out of his Chatsworth, Northridge, etc., constituency. However, how about drawing attention to Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. , before he destroys what is left? After all, Greig Smith was Bernson's main man for 25 years. Not only was Smith the bag boy for Bernson, but Smith's publicly available list of donors is a mirror of the developers and lobbyists that we found on Bernson's donor list. Coincidence or continuity? - Patrick Weir Chatsworth Eisner dismantles Re ``Disney dismantles animation facility'' (Jan 13): This is the saddest news yet to come from the crazy man that is now in charge, Michael Eisner Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. Early life Michael Eisner was born to a wealthy family in Mt. Kisco, New York, and raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. . After ruining Disneyland, he now wants to make sure that nothing is left of Walt's legacy by closing down what is the heart and soul of Disney. What a shame that they think that this rotten, limited, overseas-produced TV animation is going to be the future, along with CGI CGI in full Common Gateway Interface. Specification by which a Web server passes data between itself and an application program. Typically, a Web user will make a request of the Web server, which in turn passes the request to a CGI application program. animation. Sure, the direct-to-video stuff turns a profit, but only because it is so cheaply made (overseas) that any return is going to look good. Roy Disney Roy Disney can refer to two different people:
- Bruce Roberts Bruce Roberts (born May 30, 1962) was a Zambian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Roberts started his career with Transvaal and Transvaal B, before moving to England, to play for Derbyshire. Van Nuys Economic sense Let me see if I have this right: Large corporations in the USA are shipping millions of white-collar jobs to places like India and China and save 50 percent of the labor costs of those positions. President Bush seeks to legitimize le·git·i·mize tr.v. le·git·i·mized, le·git·i·miz·ing, le·git·i·miz·es To legitimate. le·git millions of illegal immigrants because they do jobs Americans won't. So now if an American white-collar worker white-collar worker n → oficinista m/f white-collar worker n → employé(e) de bureau white-collar worker white n is out of work because his job was shipped offshore, he no longer has the option of picking melons or washing dishes to feed his family because those jobs have been taken by illegal immigrants. So he now goes on public assistance along with all the illegal immigrants who are already there. This is all right and makes economic sense for America? You could fool me. - Lawrence Anthony Lawrence Anthony (born 1950, Johannesburg) and raised in rural Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi, is an international conservationist, environmentalist, explorer, and published author. Calabro Northridge American jobs The show ``60 Minutes'' aired a segment on the global economy this past weekend. It reported 400,000 high-tech American jobs were outsourced to India last year and expected a large increase this year. That is a lot of people that won't be paying taxes or buying products to support our sinking economy. The Indians will be keeping their money there, not buying homes, autos, etc., in the U.S., nor sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. - plus how much foreign aid are we sending them? If you are as angry and confused as I, call your representative and maybe he can explain how this is good for America. - Raymond C. Vaughn Northridge What's more relevant? Re ``Big movement of troops begins'' (Jan 9): I was surprised to see how the article describing the ``largest troop movement since World War II'' was buried on Page 7. The front page headline told of George Bush's plan to put a space station on the moon. Surely, the moving of 250,000 troops is of more immediate concern to the public. - Hal Gold Woodland Hills Does nothing for us Re ``Bush: Give legal status to illegals'' (Jan. 8): I will protest with my vote when the presidential election comes.Illegals send their money home, claim exemptions to avoid taxes, and get more out of our system than I can as a middle-class male out of work. Their presence encourages illegal practices by businesses. This thinly veiled present to Mexican relations and gift to business does nothing to improve security or America's standard of living. There is legal immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . That should be the only way to stay here. Enforce our laws. George Bush, I'd like to introduce you to Gray Davis. - Glenn Potvin Valley Village Annex Mexico I have the solution to the illegal immigrant problem. Annex Mexico.Appoint Vicente Fox governor of the 51st state of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, . Like most corrupt governments, the upper class of Mexico is full of multibillionaires. Tax them. Heavily. - Donald P. Bennett San Fernando |
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