PUBLIC FORUM DEVELOPERS MISLEAD PUBLIC ABOUT GOLF COURSE : `SNITCHING TO LAURA'.I am outraged at what I believe is the continued misleading and often untrue information being disseminated regarding the golf course development proposed for the Tujunga Wash - not only by the developer, but now by the Daily News editorial writers (``Tee time in the Valley; golf course is well planned and the community wants it,'' Editorials, July 21). Informed and responsible members of this community are opposed to a privately owned golf course being built in the middle of an ecologically sensitive floodplain floodplain, level land along the course of a river formed by the deposition of sediment during periodic floods. Floodplains contain such features as levees, backswamps, delta plains, and oxbow lakes. like the Tujunga Wash, despite the mass-mailing campaigns and massive public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most effort foisted on the residents of this community by the developer and its agents. The owners of the property, who have a checkered and controversial track record, and the new developer, have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in a massive public relations effort to gain community support for the controversial development and have, in the process, disseminated extremely misleading information about the project and its projected effects on the community. For years, the owners of this property neglected it and refused to clean or otherwise maintain it. Incredibly, supporters now point to its rundown and neglected condition as a reason to build a golf course there. I failed to notice in the Daily News editorial any information dealing with the harmful downstream effects to the Hanson Dam Recreation Area and the rest of the Valley and city of Los Angeles
It is highly debatable that this golf course will significantly affect the economy of this area one way or another. In fact, the only economic impact that both supporters and opponents seem to agree on is that the golf fees will be four to six times more expensive than those at the neighboring city-owned Hansen Dam Golf Course. Once we are made aware of the real facts, it seems that this project benefits only those that have a financial stake in it, real and perceived, and not the community at large. - Bert Bogash Sunland The Tujunga Wash is a unique and fragile environment. It is home to a least one endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , which biologists say will be in danger of extinction if the golf course is approved. I believe that it is more important to save a remnant of this environment for our children than to build Los Angeles' 121st golf course. - John Yard Conservation Chairman Crescenta Valley Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club There she goes again. Los Angeles City Councilwoman Laura Chick has all too predictably presented a brand new twist to her incessant and annoying quest to meddle med·dle intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles 1. To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere. 2. To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper. in our lives. I refer, of course, to her much over-publicized ``Neighborhood Codewatch Program,'' in which she has managed to latch onto a handful of nosey nos·ey adj. Variant of nosy. nosey or nosy Adjective [nosier, nosiest] Informal prying or inquisitive nosiness n , eager-beaver types who apparently are unable to find life rewarding to them, without driving around town, poking their snouts into other people's business and in tattle-tale fashion, ``snitching to Laura'' about the infamous crimes of parking one's car upon one's lawn, uncut weeds and other unsightly and unhealthy intrusions in the City of Angels. The amount of pride to be taken in the appearance of a residential property is strictly the business of the property owner, not that of Chick or her appointed cadre of ``inspector generals,'' all of whom, I earnestly suggest, go in a body, and haunt a house, maybe somewhere in Cleveland, Ohio. - Warren V. Geeting North Hills It seems government wants snoops SNOOPS - Craske, 1988. An extension of SCOOPS with meta-objects that can redirect messages to other objects. "SNOOPS: An Object-Oriented language Enhancement Supporting Dynamic Program Reeconfiguration", N. Craske, SIGPLAN Notices 26(10): 53-62 (Oct 1991). to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye other residents; but all for good reasons. So, now you must not trust other neighbors. Does this not bother you? Why do you not protest it? Good ``reasons'' are pushed by repressive governments for what they do. Remember we have been told we should give up some rights for the war on crime, war on drugs. Which rights? For how long? How do we get them back? - Tom Jensen Kingman, Ariz. LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) needs watchdog Thank you for your July 11 editorial on an idea I had to create an office of inspector general Noun 1. Office of Inspector General - the investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission OIG independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments for 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. . I first presented it to state Sen. Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles, back in June. He is currently pursuing SB 1031. If passed, it would create an inspector general's office for the Los Angeles Unified School District. The official watchdog would oversee a district budget that is larger than the United Nations'. When I was elected to the school board, I thought curriculum and instruction would be primary to the district. I now know that every dollar lost to business and construction is a dollar lost to the classroom. This city's voters were wise enough to see that the schools are in need of repair by approving Proposition BB, yet they also were wise enough to know that this sort of opportunity is not to be squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. . Please help me to ensure that fiscal accountability becomes the norm, not the exception. - David Tokofsky Member Los Angeles Board of Education `Monopoly,' LAUSD style Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board members must absolutely love to spend good money for bad things. I am referring to their latest episode of ``Monopoly,'' Los Angeles-style. They want to spend $17 million to buy property on North Broadway in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or that already is in need of earthquake repairs. Considering the fact that they have moved everyone out of the business division for that very same reason, why on earth do they need another piece of damaged goods DAMAGED GOODS. In the language of the customs, are goods subject to duties, which have received some injury either in the voyage home, or while bonded in warehouses. See Abatement, merc. law. ? Are they planning to sneak some of the Proposition BB bucks for this little project, like they wanted to do for the Belmont Complex - Boardwalk and Park Place combined? How about all that money spent for the Ambassador Hotel? Maybe if we went back to electing board members at large instead of from districts, the entire district would get a better buy for the dollar. And maybe, just maybe, that board would actually have the interests of the student at heart. The Sword ``recall'' has a nice sound to it. - Carolyn Whitehead Canyon Country CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge sports I was amazed, after returning from a two-week vacation, to see that the issue of cutting men's sports at CSUN was still being reported and rehashed in your newspaper. When I reflect on the many articles and debates over this decision, three concerns come to mind. Blenda Wilson, president of California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , is an African-American. Blenda Wilson is a woman. Blenda Wilson is an outsider. The other major concern I have is the absence of the voices of women. I am particularly disappointed with Cal-NOW. Are they suddenly not involved with this issue? Had this decision not been made what would the reaction from the National Organization for Women have been? I am not sure what it is going to take for us to move on past this issue and rethink the importance of this institution. The way I see it, President Wilson came in as an extremely capable change agent who not only rebuilt the physical buildings after the earthquake, but woke up the dead or maybe the sleeping bodies in the community. It is no secret that she has created this level of visibility for the university. Community partnership has been one of her consistent goals. However, I am not sure if any of us can really define the ``university community.'' It seems to change from issue to issue. Had President Wilson cut any of the academic programs, I am sure the other voices in the community would have been equally as vocal. It is time to move on. Let the ``community'' and all those who wish to see these sports programs reinstated bring their checkbooks, not just their words and petitions. I would love to see all the programs reinstated, but my pledge of $1,000 annually to the university will go to academic programs. - Barbara Perkins National Council of Negro Women The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, child of slave parents, distinguished educator and government consultant. Mary McLeod Bethune saw the need for harnessing the power and extending the leadership of African American women through L.A. County Commission For Women This is in response to Rachel Young's July 15 letter on CSUN sports cuts. I, too, waSs a female student at CSUN earning my degree. At the time, I wanted to play soccer. I loved soccer and did not know that the school had a team. I do not recall how I found out, and to this day, I do not know if our team was an ``official'' team of the school or not. We could only practice if there was an available field, which meant our practices were inconsistent. We had to scrape together money to buy uniforms. We had only a young coach and no assistants. I finally realized how ridiculous we appeared when we had our first game at San Diego State. They obviously fully supported their team and it showed. We females are interested in sports, but because there really was no future in sports for females due to the lack of funding, interest or support, we chose other things to accomplish. While 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. much about the National Organization for Women's agenda, I can tell you from personal experience that it's about time It's About Time may refer to:
- C. Townsley Northridge Air show a `resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. success' I would like to express my thanks to all the people who worked to make this year's Van Nuys air show another resounding success. Despite my personal inconvenience - I live just a few hundred yards from the entrance - the show is more than worth it. And judging from the crowds, I'm sure thousands of people agree with me. Once again, to all those who made it possible: Thanks. - Steven Levin Van Nuys CAPTION(S): Photo: Spectators at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. watch an aerial display. Daily News |
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