PUBLIC FORUM.Getting there safely Re "New road rules (Our Opinions, July 2): I drive the 5 Freeway from Burbank to Anaheim every morning. The commute is 37 miles but can take up to 1.5 hours. If you leave more than one car length in front of you, the Type A -- "Move Over" drivers will swerve out from behind and cut back in front of you. There are accidents every morning from the "Move Over" crowd who do not keep a safe distance and cannot stop safely. Twice cars tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. right in front of me have lost control trying to stop and crashed into the center divider, landing in traffic lanes. Slow down, keep a safe distance and we will all get there safely. My suggestion is for a new sign in my rear window: "Get Off My Tail." -- Bruce Austin Burbank Antonio's affair Those of you who think that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. will be hurt politically by news of his infidelity are dead wrong. In fact, it will help him rise to the top of the party, the Republican Party. -- Kevin Teller Woodland Hills Damage control Re "Infidelity no kiss of death kiss of death gangsters’ farewell ritual before murdering victim. [Am. Cult.: Misc.] See : Farewell " (July 5): Tony Castro's front-page attempt at damage control comes too late for Antonio. His attack on mostly Republican politicos tries to obfuscate To make unclear or confuse. See obfuscator and e-mail obfuscator. the issue. I think Castro forgot to mention the two adult children fathered out of wedlock wed·lock n. The state of being married; matrimony. Idiom: out of wedlock Of parents not legally married to each other: born out of wedlock. with two different women before his marriage to his present wife. His recent affair insults Catholics and morally responsible persons of all religions. Antonio has lost his privilege of being a role model for our youth. Read your own Daily News poll in the same issue, and you will see that 87 percent of 341 responses agree that Romeo Antonio's political career has been hurt irreparably. -- John Kray kray (krī) [Rus.,=edge], administrative and territorial unit of Russia. There are seven krays, or territories, within Russia. They are: Altai Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Maritime Territory, Perm Saugus Leave of absence Re "TV anchor put on leave while ethics studied" (July 6): Too bad the citizens of the city of Los Angeles
-- Louise Clarke Stone Sunland Ruthless people Re "TV anchor put on leave while ethics studied" (July 6): Mirthala Salinas now wants the same ruthless media machine that cares for no one's privacy to respect hers. Ha. How many times has she ignored that same request from others just to get a story? How does it now feel to be on the other side of the mike? Also, since her station is now conducting a review of her ethics in reporting, why doesn't our city do the same to the mayor? How many times did he meet with her under the disguise of business, on city time, when in fact it was for something else? How many times did he use a city vehicle or city resources to meet with her? And finally, Mirthala, do you really think he can be trusted and will not cheat again? If you do, you will get what you deserve. -- Joseph Dillon Chatsworth Not man enough Are we to expect impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. of Antonio now? President Bill Clinton faced impeachment when his affair with Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. was revealed. The mayor has carried on this affair for much longer than Clinton. He was even involved with her family. Not only was having an affair, he was living a double life. He's not enough of a man to run two families and a city. -- Vickie Stewart Simi Valley Verdict windfall Re "Verdict: $6.2 million, maybe more" (July 4): I grew up, a girl-child, with four brothers who teased me unmercifully. Perhaps it helped me develop 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 that I used to successfully sell power tools to male buyers at hardware/lumber/home center stores over 25 years ago. These buyers teased me and I teased back. A 12-year veteran LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) female is awarded $6.2 million for discrimination. If the discrimination was unbearable, no one would tolerate 12 years unless they enjoyed being miserable. At firefighters' salaries, health care, and pension plans, I could tolerate a little tormenting. Too bad the taxpayers continually are responsible for these huge payouts ripped from our wallets. It's time a law is introduced with a ceiling of $10,000 on discrimination lawsuits. -- Carla Henry West Hills It's a tax Re "Drivers could pay fee in L.A." (July 5): County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San wants "fees" for people to use car-pool lanes and for driving into "congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. areas" e.g., the city of Los Angeles. These taxes are supposed to reduce traffic and pay for road repairs. More taxes won't do any better than diamond lanes and local government trying to force their employees to carpool car·pool n. also car pool 1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver. 2. . Antonovich's deputy, Michael Cano, whines that we are paying the same amount of gas tax today as 30 years ago. In his zeal for another tax, he conveniently fails to mention we are paying at least five times the amount of sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. on gas compared to 30 years ago. These taxes will accomplish nothing except giving the politicians more of our money to throw down the rat hole. -- John R. Schlank Granada Hills Illegal fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to After trumpeting for weeks that there would be strict enforcement of illegal fireworks due to the driest year on record, we have the usual appeasement appeasement Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved nation through negotiation in order to prevent war. The prime example is Britain's policy toward Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in the 1930s. by Mayor Villaraigosa and Police Chief Bratton. There was a group of middle-aged adults (old enough to know better) setting off numerous fireworks in a brush area and red-flag fire street behind my home. I called 911 and the patrol car came quick enough to catch them red- handed, still igniting them. However, they stayed less than a minute and the violators told them, "We're done," and they left. Where is the expensive citation to discourage this behavior next year? Due to our mayor and police chief's policies, it appears that the police can no longer be proactive or do their jobs. -- Rose M. Smith Tujunga Pick your punk Re "Beyond repair" (Your Opinions, July 5): Paul Vaughn thinks Villaraigosa, the punk, should resign for behaving similar to his fellow punks Clinton and JFK. I wonder who he's voting for for president. First, there's Giuliani, who told the world about his affair before telling his wife. Then there's McCain, who cheated on his wife with an ex-cheerleader so that he could launch his political career. Maybe Vaughn is waiting for Newt Gingrich to enter the race. After all, Gingrich couldn't wait for his wife to recover from cancer surgery before letting her know that he had found himself another woman. Who's your punk? -- Jose G. Contreras Sylmar Who could they be? Re "Is Congress irrelevant?" (Our Opinions, July 3): Your editorial pointed out that Congress has a 14 percent approval rating. Who could they be? Are there that many in their extended families, their staff and their staff's extended families? I've never met anyone else who approves of what Congress is doing. Or is willing to say so in public. -- Bob Larkin Westlake Village |
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