PUBLIC FORUM.LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) reform Re ``Chief seeks reform of LAFD discipline'' (Feb. 6): So Fire Chief William Bamattre wants half a million to get his folks to do the job they were hired to do. I've never worked in civil service, but elsewhere I can almost guarantee that if you asked for $500,000 to solve some personnel issues, you would be laughed out of the room on your way to being terminated for not fulfilling your responsibilities as a supervisor/manager. It just seems to me that every time a problem is exposed in the city bureaucracy, the first recourse is always to throw money at the problem. How about holding some of these folks, including Bamattre, accountable for the job they were hired for? - Michael T. Adams Sun Valley Regional air traffic Your editorial ``Regionalizing air traffic requires tough, no-nonsense leadership'' (Feb. 7), is good news for those driving into the city to catch a flight at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . State Sen. Richard Alarcon's proposed regional airport commission would help concentrate service in the suburbs. El Toro is a case in point. Anti-El Toro airport people fail to mention the massive contamination at El Toro, which has stopped planned development of land bought by Lennar Corp. from the U.S. Navy, including most of the Great Park. Even development within a mile of the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control facility at El Toro is stopped. The only use for El Toro that can happen right away is to open the planned El Toro International Airport. - Donald Nyre Newport Beach Jail race riot Re ``Lockdowns persist after jail race riot'' (Feb. 6): What is the problem with people today, especially the prisoners? Race is simply a skin color. Get over it. What were all the civil-rights activists fighting for? They certainly didn't fight just so prisons had to be racially segregated in order to prevent riots. These fights are ridiculous. They're not just in our prisons, either. Racial fights are in our schools, too. Does the entire world need to be segregated so people will stop trying to beat each other to death? Does skin color define a person? It's just a color. - Nicole Garibay Sylmar Recent nastiness Re ``Lockdowns persist after jail race riot'' (Feb. 6): Well, the recent nastiness at the Pitchess Jail further shows that, despite what we like to believe, racism is alive and thriving when you get down to the subbasement sub·base·ment n. A floor beneath a main basement of a building. level of what some call humans. It's actually an insult to refer to them as animals; animals generally are not racist and only kill or maim maim v. to inflict a serious bodily injury, including mutilation or any harm which limits the victim's ability to function physically. Originally, in English Common Law it meant to cut off or permanently cripple a bodily member like an arm, leg, hand, or foot. for sustenance. Even though these convicts have been removed from general society, they continue to be a major debt to us. Who but the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. and the convicts' families or friends would really care if we just let these clowns ``take care'' of each other. No? Then let's have the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. and the convicts' families pay for their incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . - Dave Petterson Sherman Oaks Early detection Re ``No. 1 kids' epidemic: bad teeth'' (Feb. 6): It isn't surprising to find that the Dental Health Foundation reports that our children have higher-than-average prevalence or oral diseases. L.A. Care Health Plan funded a $3.8 million effort to start to expand dental facilities in community clinics throughout Los Angeles County, and we found that more than half of the children had untreated dental decay. In some instances, children as young as 6 years old required root canals. One measure that we can take to curb the trend in oral diseases is to teach doctors how to perform a basic oral health exam. We have found that most parents take their child in for annual health checkups, but rarely for a dental exam. - Howard Kahn Chief executive officer L.A. Care Health Plan Frozen WWII WWII abbr. World War II WWII World War Two airman Re ``Airman frozen in mountains was on missing WWII plane'' (Feb. 5): The missing airman found frozen in the Sierras in October was finally identified. It seems an unreasonably long time to ``identify'' this airman - four months trying to match the remains up with missing soldiers from that time? They mention ``an illegible ID badge.'' Where is the metal dogtag that all military personnel wear around their neck? Everything in the military has a number. Every piece of equipment, clothing and parachute has a number. A metal dogtag would withstand the elements even longer than almost anything. They identified him with DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. . I think they should have called in someone from Quantico. They probably wouldn't have guessed. Sounds fishy to me. - Ted Pearson Valencia Honest cartoon Imagine my surprise when I saw the Feb. 7 ``View From the Valley'' cartoon. At last, one that shows the true nature of the enemy we face. There may be peace-loving Islamic people, but they are seldom heard from. By the way, Christians do not bomb, burn or otherwise tear up property when their God is maligned ma·lign tr.v. ma·ligned, ma·lign·ing, ma·ligns To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of. adj. 1. Evil in disposition, nature, or intent. 2. . Thanks for a bit of honesty. - Joan Strieter Mission Hills A sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour Re ``Four protesters die as unrest spreads'' (Feb. 7): Forget democracy as a sense of humor might be needed first. Elections cause violent protesting as do political cartoons. I say we leave them to their own dealings the way they want and keep to our democratic selves over here. - Debbie Rivera Sherman Oaks Worst president Re ``Politics, mourning mingle at Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. funeral'' (Feb. 8): Why doesn't Jimmy Carter just go home and shut up? He was the worst president we ever had, but he keeps on criticizing President George W. Bush. Carter got the country so screwed up he was thrown out resoundingly 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. by an ex-actor. Now he has used a funeral service to attack the president. How low can he go? He goes to countries like Venezuela and approves their elections and does not understand that a dictator had them rigged. And every few months he has a photo op pounding a nail in a house for Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. . How can we save ourselves from senile senile /se·nile/ (se´nil) pertaining to old age; manifesting senility. se·nile adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from old age. 2. ex-presidents? - Roger Greenwood North Hollywood Oil vay! Now President George W. Bush claims our country is addicted to oil when he made his mark in Texas as an oil pusher pusher Drug slang 1. A person who sells drugs, especially the 'heavies'–eg, heroin 2. A metal hanger or umbrella rod used to scrape residue in crack stems . Perhaps our president should have been prepared for the Chinese entering the oil market and using our import dollars to enable them to pay for the price of oil. Perhaps our president should have mandated vehicles using alternate fuels or alcohol-based fuel. I guess his preparedness in energy policy is akin to his preparedness for a postwar Iraq, or for Katrina, or... .'' - Leigh Datzker Woodland Hills Don't mess with Texas The phrase Don’t Mess with Texas is a slogan for the Texas Department of Transportation, and was developed to reduce littering on Texas roadways used as part of a statewide advertising campaign in 1986. Greetings from Plano, Texas. I have a sister in Granada Hills who has been promising me a picture of a banner flying over City Hall that will say ``Don't Mess With Texas'' - this, as a result of a bet by City Council President Eric Garcetti with his counterpart in Houston. Since Texas won the Rose Bowl game, it's time to pay up. My sister lives on Jeanette Place. - Ken Goddard Plano, TX Racial progress Re ``Lockdowns persist after jail race riot'' (Feb. 6): Isn't it ironic that, even as they bury Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow, Sheriff Lee Baca sees fit to ethnically segregate seg·re·gate v. seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates v.tr. 1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. prisoners in our county jail system? - Bruce Jones Eagle Rock |
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