PUBLIC FORUM.No concept Re ``Movie malaise hits hard'' (May 10): Could it be that film stories are rehashed remakes? Could it be that many films now rely on special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. to carry them through? Could it be that actors are paid well beyond what they're worth? Could it be that no one wants to pay $10 for a movie ticket? I know I haven't gone to a movie in several years, opting to wait until it comes to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . I also don't like showing up to a movie only to be bombarded with 10 minutes of commercials - that's why I went to a movie, to get away from that. Good stories like ``The Princess Bride'' and ``Amadeus'' made you leave the theater going ``Wow!'' Now when you leave the theater you go ``Wow! ... What a piece of (at)#$.'' Films are being produced and directed by MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. producers and directors with no concept of what good storytelling is about. - David Wittkower Woodland Hills Box office slump Re ``Movie malaise hits hard'' (May 10): Can people be surprised at the drop in movie attendance, considering the price of tickets, concessions and gasoline in the SUV to get there? Has anyone asked the stars and entertainment industry executives to make some sacrifices? - Hal Bass Northridge Clean money Re ``City for sale'' (Editorial, May 8): Tightening ethics rules would only go so far when the real problem is that candidates still must beg for money to run their campaigns. The solution is to have a full ``clean money'' public financing system instead. With clean money, candidates receive enough public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public to run competitive campaigns. After they accept it, they aren't allowed to raise a dime from special interests. The popular clean money systems that have been working in Arizona and Maine for three elections have nearly eliminated ``pay to play'' scandals. They've also allowed them to pass balanced budgets that increase education and health care services because their elected officials are accountable only to the voters, not to campaign contributors. - James Bennett
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Time for toll roads The following is a list of toll roads. Toll roads are roads on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. This list also contains toll bridges and toll tunnels. Lists of these subsets of toll roads can be found in List of toll bridges and List of toll tunnels. Re ``Toll roads in L.A.?'' (May 9): Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza Jenny Oropeza is the California State Senator for the 28th district which includes the cities of Carson, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance; the Los Angeles communities of Cheviot Hills, Del Aire, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Lennox, Mar calls toll roads ``elitist e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism n. 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. ,'' yet most populated states have them. In 1947, my family and I moved to 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. from our home in Connecticut. The first toll road we traveled was the Connecticut Merritt Parkway. We then traveled through New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of state, passing through more toll gates. Finally, we used the newly completed Pennsylvania Turnpike, which was one of the first major turnpikes in the country that traversed the complete state. When we joined relatives here in Pasadena, we were amazed at the Pasadena Freeway, and as the name implies, that it did not charge a toll. Now that the freeways and streets are mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. , it's time to build toll roads throughout California as other states have done for more than 50 years. - Gary Augeri West Hollywood No unused capacity Re ``Toll roads in L.A.?'' (May 9): The toll road on Route 91 in Orange County turned into a shambles because a public agency and a private company have diametrically di·a·met·ri·cal also di·a·met·ric adj. 1. Of, relating to, or along a diameter. 2. Exactly opposite; contrary. di opposed goals. A public agency wants to reduce congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. if possible. The owners of the Route 91 toll road needed congestion (the more the better) to force drivers to use their toll road. Highways in California have been neglected for many years. Now the Los Angeles metropolitan area has fewer lane miles of freeway per person than any of the other 49 major metropolitan areas. We need to face the fact that we must build more highway facilities. HOV lanes for single-occupant vehicles make sense if there is any unused capacity. However, there is almost no unused capacity on L.A.'s freeway system, including HOV lanes for about 13 hours a day in both directions. - Gerald Bare Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). Tolls are taxes Re ``Toll Roads in L.A.?'' (May 9): My family and I moved to Southern California in 1969 and I was delighted to learn that gasoline taxes were earmarked for road construction ... we moved from ``Toll Road Heaven,'' namely the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . Somewhere between then and the 1980s, our elected officials saw fit to rename road construction to ``transportation'' - allowing road tax revenue to build subways in L.A. and subsidize bus routes. A noble effort, but one that saw our roads and highways List of articles related to roads and highways around the world. International/World
- Ralph Gabai Tarzana Who pays? Re ``Feds offer aid for hospitals to treat illegal immigrants'' (May 10): It is nice to see our lofty leaders in Washington delve into the pork barrel to help our suffering medical caregivers. For years our hospitals in California List of hospitals in California (U.S. state), grouped by county and sorted by hospital name. Alameda County
We created sane laws regarding a lawful procedure to enter our country for a new life. Then we turn around and look the other way listening to those who profit by extorting the new cheap labor. It is now time to clean up our act and enforce the laws enacted by our government. - Ira Kaplan Woodland Hills Neighborhood Councils Re ``Finally, the Valley will count'' (May 9): The Valley gains in business prestige as a result of our 2002 cityhood attempt. Great - so that means it's time to update another 2002 win: Neighborhood Councils - our ``best kept secret.'' Now, after three years, what has your Neighborhood Council done for you? From what I hear, it's more likely bogged down by personal power. A member of the Encino Neighborhood Council told me, ``We argue too much to get anything done.'' No surprise. Many council seats were never contested, and members just stay on - qualified or not. Encino will vote on its Neighborhood Council seats on June 9. Mark your calendar now - and vote. It's time for councils to grow up - and represent everyone. - Dorris Cragg Encino Schools and Wal-Mart Re ``Big is bad'' (Your Opinions, May 9): How anyone can compare school districts to Wal-Mart is beyond me for several reasons. First, Wal-Mart brings the best products for the lowest prices; schools do just the opposite. Wal-Mart does not have a union telling it how to run things; schools do. Wal-Mart provides jobs for many willing people who don't expect that the world owes them aliving; many schools do. The people working at Wal-Mart do so willingly and don't expect their employer to support them for the rest of their life. These are the things that has made Wal-Mart a success and will continue to do so. Our public schools can't share that confidence. - Edward H. Straub Palmdale Degrees of untruth Re ``No real evidence,'' (Your Opinions, May 2): When there's talk about the constant lies of the Bush administration, we get the response that Clinton lied about sex in the White House. Let's review past presidents: Roosevelt, Johnson and Kennedy all lied about their affairs. Nixon lied about Watergate. Reagan lied about Iran Contra. Bush and every person in his administration lied to the country about a war, so he could believe he's a War President. What's worse: ``oral copulation'' or killing innocent Americans by attacking a country that did not attack our soil? You decide. - Spencer Shiffman Calabasas |
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