PUBLIC FORUM.Bad use of cops Re "The Sting" (July 28): While the gangs are running wild east of the 405 Freeway (several stories last week), where are the police? They are over in the Northwest Valley conducting stings on bartenders, gas stations and convenience-store operators. Is this a good use of our limited police resources? There have been two deaths and 26 serious injuries involving DUI this year and nowhere did it state those drivers had just come out of a bar. Meanwhile, how many killed and wounded in gang-related crime and violence this year? Some people blame the good residents of "The Witch's Hat" for failing to cooperate with the police, but if the bad guys are organized and armed, what are they to do? -- Woodrow J. Hughes Mission Hills Less is more Re "How to fix our 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. " (Sunday, July 29): People will not give up their cars! I commute three hours every day on public transportation (Metrolink, Red Line, Rapid Bus). None of them can take any more people. They are all filled to capacity. Here's the solution to get rid of gridlock: Stop illegal immigration "Illegal alien" and "Illegal aliens" redirect here. For other uses, see Illegal aliens (disambiguation). Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. . That'll take care of the freeways and public transportation. Problem solved. -- Sandra K. Mantik Sylmar Only fair I am always informing the Daily News when I disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" one of its columns or other decisions. So it is only fair that I commend it when it does the right thing, in my opinion. It is hardly earth-shattering, when it returned the bridge column and some very popular comic strips
-- Les Wombacher Eagle Rock Lighten up, feds Re "Busting pot clubs waste of tax funds" (Viewpoint, July 29): The feds need to get a real life and lighten up on marijuana. It is California's biggest cash crop. Just put a small nonraisable tax on it and sell it wherever. We do need some opium plants to make other medical things such as pain killers. Especially for pain that's only affected by morphine. The synthetic stuff is not as good for pain relief as the real thing. Yes! Heroin is made from opium, but we'll never stop the production of that anyway. Cocaine is made from cacao cacao (kəkä`ō, –kā`–), tropical tree (Theobroma cacao) of the family Sterculiaceae (sterculia family), native to South America, where it was first domesticated and was highly prized by the Aztecs. tree leaves and as long as chocolate is good for you we'll never stop that either. Ninety-five percent of the world's population eats or drinks chocolate. -- Charles Brandon Burbank Glendale's fault Re "4 inches define homeowners' decade-old fight" (July 29): Why is Glendale going after the Duttons? The problem started back in '67. It wasn't discovered till '97, nine years after the Duttons moved in. It is the fault of Glendale, and not the Duttons. Because there are a bunch of idiots on the Glendale City Council and in the bureaucracy, there is no reason the Duttons should have to pay anything. It has been 40 years since it happened, and there should be a statute of limitations A type of federal or state law that restricts the time within which legal proceedings may be brought. Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. on it. -- Bernard E. Beiner Sylmar Chasing chases Re "TV copters collide over chase; 4 die" It finally happened. Two helicopters covering a police chase on live TV collided, killing all four aboard both aircraft. As a former television journalist who is also a helicopter pilot, I implore im·plore v. im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores v.tr. 1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy. 2. TV news directors to stop covering police chases by air. Deep down you know that the only reason you cover them is that they're "good TV," and that they only truly become news when there is a traffic accident or the cops and the "bad guy" shoot it out at the end, which is very rare. As skillful skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. as your pilots are (and they are very skillful), it is simply too dangerous and not worth the risk of people on the aircraft and/or on the ground getting killed because a gaggle of helicopters were chasing a chase. -- Scott Barer Northridge Sandlot sand·lot n. A vacant lot used especially by children for unorganized sports and games. adj. Of, relating to, or played in a sandlot: sandlot baseball. politics Re "View from the Valley" (July 27): Wait, wait, don't tell me! What a perfect way to describe our do-nothing Legislature. Wait until September Until September is a 1984 romantic drama set in France. It stars Karen Allen as an American tourist in Paris who falls in love with a married Frenchman (Thierry Lhermitte). External links , or maybe April '08 or who knows? The last time anyone took seriously what a bush had to say, they had wandered alone in the desert for 40 years. Are we next? Please, Patrick, draw us a vision. Not of the burning bush, but our Bush-league legislators playing a pickup game of after-school sandlot politics. -- David Wuescher Canoga Park A done deal I want to thank the Daily News for printing some of my letters about President George W. Bush over the years. I realized today that I fell into an abyss by driving home to watch two hours of news on MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , ignoring my husband and puppies. They would have late dinners. Today I planted some flowers and felt free from this man. He is a done deal. I will still display my "impeach To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. Bush" bumper sticker bumper sticker n. A sticker bearing a printed message for display on a vehicle's bumper. bumper sticker n → Aufkleber m with pride. And sorry, but some of us were right about this man from his first year in office. -- Susan Metzger Reseda |
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