PUBLIC FORUM WHO'S NEXT?I see that Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. got her colleagues to see things from her warped perspective. So now the city of L.A. will drop all affiliation with the Boy Scouts because they're a discriminatory organization. Well, Goldberg, you'd better have all the organizations listed on the back of the city's payroll stubs stubs The shares of equity in a firm that is financed almost completely with debt. Stubs are often created when firms go through a leveraged buyout or pay big cash dividends in order to fend off a takeover. audited to ensure that they are all in compliance in regard to discriminatory practices or policies. A lot of the council's ``pet'' organizations have such practices and policies, including the United Way, Brotherhood Crusade, etc. Any ex-Eagle Scout lawyers out there want to sue the city for its discriminatory actions? - Peter J. Kurt Woodland Hills It's the adults I used to be a Cub Scout many years ago. I was proud to wear the uniform of the Scouts. Now, every time I see it I am depressed. The organization that I knew, that didn't care about any religious or sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. , is gone. Now they have a biased regime, based on ``good ol' American'' values that don't mean squat, except to produce bigotry toward religion and sexual orientation. The bigotry is subtle. It's not out in the open, but it is flagrant when one person tries to enlist with the Scouts and declares himself, say, gay and a Jew. The person is shunned. The Scouts I knew are long gone. So much for equality among the Scouts. I support the local cities and communities who have dropped their support for the Scouts. I feel bad for the kids, but it's the adults who need the lesson taught to them. - John C. Weaver Reseda Good politicians It's good to see the L.A. City Council, like all good politicians, can take action when they don't like the decision of the courts in the actions involving the Boy Scouts. I don't reside in the city of Los Angeles
- Jim Ross James William Ross (born January 3, 1952) is a Hall of Fame professional wrestling announcer and former executive currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its RAW brand as their play-by-play commentator. Lancaster Anything to win With all the name-calling and finger-pointing going on between Republicans and Democrats, 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 we all took a step back and realized that both parties will do anything to win. If Gore's brother were the governor of Florida The Governor of Florida is the chief executive of the Government of Florida, and serves as chairman of the Florida Cabinet. The Governor has the power to execute Florida's laws and to call out the state militia to preserve the public peace, being Commander-in-Chief of the state's and Bush was calling for recounts, do you think any die-hard Republicans would be shouting ``poor loser!'' I doubt it. We all want to see our man win - maybe our woman next time around - and the only thing we can put our faith in right now is the judicial system. Let's hope the often-abused word ``integrity'' exists in the law of our land, if not with our politicians. - Mark Moses Mark W. Moses (born February 24, 1958) is an American actor. Biograhy Moses was born in New York City, the brother of actor and singer Burke Moses.[1] As a character actor with appearances on projects ranging as diverse as Big Momma's House 2 Studio City Reasonable Gore won the popular vote, nationwide, by about 300,000 votes. He won in California by about 1 million votes. So if we don't consider California, Bush won the popular vote in the rest of the nation by about 700,000 votes. The main effect of the Electoral College electoral college, in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, is to prevent concentrated popularity in a state from having more power to elect than that state's share of electoral votes, which reasonably represents its population. - Donald R. Norvell Sun Valley Not just plain Taking a page out of the book of their icon, I-am-not-a-crook Nixon, a group of conniving right-wingers sent ``the plumbers'' into Florida's Seminole County Seminole County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Attorney Gerald F. Richamond, a West Palm Beach lawyer, pointed out that what they did was ``. . . clearly an illegal action. It is just plain cheating.'' Well, it looks like pretty fancy Republican cheating to me. - Zachary Charles Burbank Sore losers What a hypocrite. If I have to listen to Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate in 1988, and was elected to his fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 U.S. carry on about fairness and counting all the votes one more time, I'm going to gag. How naive does he think the American public is? To Lieberman, counting all the votes really means counting only the Gore votes, and it is only fair if Gore wins. The truth is Gore gambled on stealing the election by manipulating ballots during the hand counts, and he lost. The statements of both Gore and Lieberman since the Bush victory only reinforce their image - sore losers. - Stan Lynch Burbank Democracy in action Shame on George Langberg (Public Forum, Nov. 29) in his disingenuous depiction of the protest at the Dade County election board recount. In case Langberg is unaware of events that took place in Dade County, the board closed the doors to the public and would not allow any observers to attend what they wanted to be their private vote counting. This is not the way the process works. Mob intimidation, indeed! More like democracy in action to open up the process to public view. I suppose it is all right for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to show up to stir up the crowds. - Herbert Auerbach Van Nuys Like an ATM To overcome future political debacles such as the present, we need to develop and agree upon a nationally standardized, easy-to-use voting machine. What about a touch-screen computerized voting machine that has pictures of the candidates as well as a ``verification'' step to it similar to your local ATM, including ``no vote'' for any candidate? How difficult is that? After each voter completes all his or her votes, the machine prints out a numbered hard copy, which is sent to a secure, locked box connected to the machine, accessible only by authorized balloting personnel. How about it? - Peter M. Dockx North Hollywood Time to leave Please hurry up and decide who the next president is going to be so Alex Baldwin can start packing for his promised move out of the country. The tribe has spoken. Time to leave the island. - Duane Tudahl Sherman Oaks Class warfare ``Real democracy comes from waking up'' (Viewpoint, Nov. 19, by Howard Zinn and Gary Krane'') was a real piece of tendentious ten·den·tious also ten·den·cious adj. Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan: a tendentious account of the recent elections. class-warfare rhetoric. Not surprising, coming from Howard Zinn, whose book on American history makes the USA out to be the ``evil empire'' from inception to the present. The authors sound like a couple of mediocre Anglo-Saxon males crying that their pick (Ralph Nader) was ingloriously in·glo·ri·ous adj. 1. Ignominious; disgraceful: Napoleon's inglorious end. 2. Not famous; obscure: an inglorious young writer. rejected by the American people. - Kevin Moore Westlake Village Gore should concede During the campaign, Al Gore repeatedly stated that ``I'll fight for you.'' Now it appears that Al ``See you in court'' Gore is only interested if fighting for himself. As someone who voted Libertarian, it is clear to me that Gore should concede. - Matthew Schaaf Granada Hills Enough said The quality of roads here is absolutely pathetic. - Dave Engfer Burbank Worthy cause Re ``Efforts of note'' (Nov. 24): I have a daughter in the Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. band now and am secretary of the CPHS CPHS Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects CPHS Common PCN (Personal Communication Network) Handset Specification CPHS Como Park High School (Minnesota) CPHS Common Pcn Handset Specification Music Parents organization. I know firsthand of the struggles of the music department and the dedication of music director Richard Kravchak and the students in the band. Kravchak is an excellent and enthusiastic teacher who deserves far better than 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. gives him. He is at the school early and late, weekends and holidays, preparing students for competitions. He cares about students and has chosen a career in high school music because he feels that he can have the most impact as a teacher at that level. - Melinda Buterbaugh Canoga Park |
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