PUBLIC FORUM HAHN'S DECISION.The decision by Mayor Hahn was both morally correct and administratively proper to not support a key administrator who has demonstrated the inability to bring cohesiveness to a demoralized de·mor·al·ize tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es 1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff. department. Now a fraction of the African-American community is throwing a temper tantrum temper tantrum Pediatrics A prolonged anger reaction in an infant or child, characterized by screaming, kicking, noisy and noisome behavior, or throwing him/her self on the ground to get his/her way from a parent/caretaker/warden. Cf Adult temper tantrum. , threatening voter retaliation and playing the race card. They erroneously claim they were responsible for Hahn's election win. Hahn had much support by a wide base throughout the city. I am not a supporter of Hahn, but I strongly applaud his decision. I also firmly believe Hahn came to a difficult decision based on the failures of Chief Parks, not his accomplishments. This was a color-blind col·or·blind or col·or-blind adj. 1. Partially or totally unable to distinguish certain colors. 2. a. Not subject to racial prejudices. b. decision, and the African-American community should tone done its rhetoric and practice color-blindness. - Chris Biller LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. , retired Moorpark Police union privilege Permitting the Police Protective League (union) a decisive voice in whether the city of Los Angeles
["Some Features of PPL - A Polymorphic Programming Language", T.A. Standish, SIGPLAN Notices 4(8) (Aug 1969)]. advocates that this privilege be extended to all other city employee unions. - Louis Robins Van Nuys Abortion crusade Circa 1920, a nationwide crusade - aimed at outlawing the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
We now stand at the threshold At the Threshold, whose son Lil E. Tee won the 1992 Kentucky Derby for W. Cal Partee, died March 23 of a stroke at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine in West Lafayette, Ind. The 21-year-old stallion stood at Wayne Houston's Stoney Creek Horse Farm near Mooreland, Ind. of another nationwide crusade - aimed at outlawing abortions. Abortion rates did not increase significantly following Roe vs. Wade and there's no reason to believe they would decrease if prohibited. There is one thing we can believe, however, with absolute certainty, and that is that thousands of desperate girls would die from botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. abortions, revisiting the ghastly ordeals that plagued our nation prior to Roe vs. Wade. - Fred W. Coble co·ble n. 1. Nautical A small flatbottom fishing boat with a lugsail on a raking mast. 2. Scots A kind of flatbottom rowboat. North Hills Set an example Recently the California Assembly passed a vehicle-related global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. bill. This bill would ban the sale of large cars in California in the year 2005 because these large cars emit more carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. . Environmentalists and celebrities were behind this proposed legislation. Instead of starting at the bottom, let's start at the top. These celebrities use gas-guzzling block-long limousines to go to their functions. Other people who sponsored this bill use chauffeur-driven autos or drive large cars. Instead of waiting for the year 2005, why can't these environmentalists get out of their large cars now and set an example by using more efficient vehicles? - Otto B. Gruber Canoga Park Public officials Two letters in the Feb. 3 Public Forum targeted Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. : One asks the ultimate question about what happens to politicians after serving a few years in office; the other alludes to him by citing the Will Rogers quip quip n. 1. A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion. 2. A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke. 3. A petty distinction or objection; a quibble. 4. that jokes by public officials become laws. While often nagged by these and other questions or issues, one has to accept the fact that a politician's need for white-collar security coupled with his or her need for power, however limited in scope, are prime movers The Prime Movers were a blues band based in the Detroit area, formed in 1965. Robert Vinopal left soon after the band's formation and was replaced by Jack Dawson. James Osterberg, who would later be known as Iggy Pop, took over the drums not long after. in the scheme of public service. The best we citizens can do is allow them their quirks and perks, but demand of them, via the vote, that they remain accountable to the sweet talk that got them elected. - Stephen Pettine Canoga Park Public housing cops Re ``Funding for housing cops iffy'' (Feb. 2): Dana Bartholomew accurately portrayed the financial plight of the Housing Authority, which could lead to the disbanding of its Public Safety Department by Dec. 31, 2002, if it's unable to obtain a $1.9 million contribution from the city of Los Angeles. This would bring to an end 44 years of providing supplemental police services the residents, elected officials and LAPD consider essential in the fight against crime in the public housing developments and their surrounding communities. - Don Smith Executive director L.A. City Housing Authority Stop the madness "Stop the Madness" is an anti-drug music video sponsored by United States President Ronald Reagan and the Reagan administration in 1985. The video starred New Edition, LaToya Jackson, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff, Tootie Ramsey (Kim Fields) from the "The Facts of Life", Herb I live in great fear of the escalation of nuclear proliferation and all its consequences. The potential destruction of our Earth to satisfy the greed of a few is madness. We must strengthen our treaties, not destroy them. Every empire throughout history which has attempted to control the world through military power has succeeded only in destroying itself, and this is what the United States is doing right now. Every person repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. by military force becomes a potential terrorist. Only when we have economic security for the populations of the world will we have peace. We must use reason, education, negotiation, the rule of law, and cooperation with other nations to work for peaceful solutions. Bombs will not bring peace or security. - Ceil Sorensen Granada Hills Reagan tax cut Re Jerry Pennington's Feb. 1 Public Forum letter ``Eight great years'': After Carter destroyed the economy with his micromanaging, Reagan came in with a new plan of lowering taxes to stimulate the economy. It worked before under Kennedy. The Reagan tax cuts actually increased income to the government by over 40 percent by creating jobs and growing the economy. One of Clinton's biggest mistakes was passing one of the largest tax increases in this country's history. The economy started to turn sour on Clinton's watch. I also fail to see what horrific thing Bush Jr. had done to completely turn the economy upside down in less than one year of being in office. The tax cuts (which are not enough) were but a small amount of the leftover money the government had after they had already completely funded their bloated budget. - G.A. Conte West Hills Split-level sovereignty An innovative and unique concept, split-level sovereignty, could heal the disconnect between the West Bank and Gaza. A 100-yard strip of land connecting the West Bank and Gaza would heal the breach that divides the Muslim world geographically. Israel would retain sub-surface sovereignty and air rights from 30 feet about the surface, preserving the present continuity between Elath, its harbor on the Red Sea, and its population clusters on the Mediterranean. In effect, Palestine would gain sovereignty over an above-surface tunnel somewhat like the below-surface Chunnel that connects England to the continent. It is a more clearly defined improvement on the ``easement easement, in law, the right to use the land of another for a specified purpose, as distinguished from the right to possess that land. If the easement benefits the holder personally and is not associated with any land he owns, it is an easement in gross (e.g. ,'' which gives partial jurisdiction to two parties, a somewhat blurry solution. - Irwin Zucker Van Nuys Defining evil Evil axis: Bush, Cheney, Enron. - Jan Wright Canoga Park Dream on I have a dream. In this dream, Gov. Davis and Rep. Condit not only lose their primary races, but neither receives a single vote. That would show these two that even the most liberal of Californians have finally had enough of their lies and their fiscal and moral irresponsibility. I can dream, can't I? - Roger Olsen Burbank Patriots win! You could visualize the Patriots marching with their drums beating, heads bandaged, Old Glory flying. The Patriots' victory seemed part of destiny. - Anthony Gigerian Los Angeles |
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