PUBLIC FORUM.Dream on, mayor Re "Taking back our schools" (April 14): I will hit on one item only: "The school day could be expanded to 5 p.m. and include enrichment activities." I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what kind of life the mayor has, but teachers need one - and it's already drastically short. What with lesson planning, homework and other after-hours duties, like calling parents and other civic duties, teachers hardly have a life of their own. The traffic rush hour starts just about the time schools are let out and there are thousands of students who are bused daily to and from their neighborhoods. But, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. another item on the list, that will be a thing of the past, if: "Limit a school to 500 students at most, doubling the number of schools to 1,480." Dream on, mayor. - Albert L. Navarrete 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. Not his job I think the mayor wanting to take over the L.A. school district is just a power grab and the L.A. City Council should remind the mayor that his job is to manage the business of the city of Los Angeles
I also think that the mayor is using staffers whose salaries are paid out of our taxes to find a way for him to take over the L.A. school district. Managing the school district is not part of the mayor's duties, and no one on the mayor's staff should be allowed to use taxpayer money to work on a project that is not part of managing the business of the city of Los Angeles. - Raiford L. Langford Sherman Oaks Again homeowners Re "Mayor backs trash fee" (April 13): Mayor Villaraigosa wants to increase the size of the police department and plans to finance the project by increasing trash pickup rates charged to L.A.'s homeowners. Everyone generates trash and everyone will benefit from a larger police force. Therefore, the mayor et al need to devise an equitable method whereby all who will benefit and who reside in Los Angeles will also share in the costs. - Jonelle and Richard Bisetti Tujunga Mahony's files Re "Mahony must reveal files" (April 18): We should all welcome the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold our state's Supreme Court requiring Cardinal Mahony to release documents relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc clergy abuse. He has spent hard-earned Sunday collection money refusing to release evidence in many cases, such as that of Father Michael Baker Michael Baker can refer to:
- Mark Gauer Moorpark Yes, Mayvis Yes, Mayvis, there is a good Samaritan Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan . Sadly, he was not in your neighborhood last week. However, I saw him at the corner of Moorpark and Van Nuys Boulevard last Thursday afternoon. A wheelchair-bound, dirt-encrusted man started across the boulevard as the light turned green, but was barely five feet into the crosswalk when the indicator began flashing. A much older gentleman in suit and tie, waiting to cross in the other direction put his own plans on hold, to safely assist the other pedestrian. Many would have been put off by the first man's appearance, but clearly his "angel" was not. Yes, Mayvis, there still is kindness in our world. - Leslie F. Owens Valley Village Homeowners only Re "Billion sought to fix streets" (April 13): If approved by the voters, the bond money would be used to repair the city's streets, yet only the homeowners will have to pay more taxes for about 20 more years. Does that mean only homeowners will be allowed to travel on the newly repaired streets? - Ellen Vukovich Sherman Oaks Business vs labor Re "Migrant market relies on recruits" (April 16): I read in the Daily News about businesses paying smugglers to bring in workers from below the border. They don't want to pay American workers a living wage. They don't want to help with medical insurance. They don't want to help with retirement programs. But they sure expect us to buy their products. - Don Allen Don Allen was an American college and professional football player. A fullback, he played college football at the University of Texas, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos in 1960. Canyon Country The same people ... Re "Crosswalk ticket stirs world anger" (April 14): I'm a police officer (not LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. ). How dare all these people vilify this Officer Kelly for doing his job? Yes, he could have helped this senior cross the street and given her a warning, but he also legally had every right to cite this woman for a violation of the vehicle code. The same people complaining about this officer's decision to cite this woman are the same people who are honking their horns and cursing at our seniors when they step into the crosswalk and hold up traffic. Everyone wants to line up and take shots at this officer now? You want to ignore all the good things that this man has done in his career? You want to slander this man's name and bring more shame to the officers who put their lives on the line everyday to protect your rights and civil liberties? - Joel Schoonmaker San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Still a good lesson Re "Senior cross over walking ticket" (April 10): As a teacher, we always taught children to "Wait for the new green light." That might not still be adequate, but it might help. - Marianna Foringer Los Angeles Zine responds Re "Badge abuse" (Editorial, April 16): I read your recent editorial about my LAPD reserve work. I am both proud and honored to serve as a councilman for the Third District and an LAPD reserve officer. After 37 years as a full-time and reserve LAPD officer, I continue my commitment to public safety. I will never apologize for working to improve the quality of life for all residents. By continuing to work as an LAPD reserve officer, I have an opportunity to review and shape policies impacting the LAPD. I also experience firsthand the indispensable role LAPD officers play in serving, protecting and interacting with our diverse communities, despite the potential for danger. - Dennis Zine Los Angeles city councilman Into their hands The Daily News' Monday headline, "April's U.S. death count at 47 in Iraq" does nothing but play into the hands of al-Qaida and the Iraqi insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. . It sounds like you are backing their side. You know that they are fighting this war in the press. If you want to make headlines with deaths, why not publish all the murders, hit-and-run deaths, here in Los Angeles County, which has become the Baghdad of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ? - Allan L. Griffith Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. Don't patronize pa·tron·ize tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es 1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor. 2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis. 3. Bible Re "Rewriting the lesson of Judas and Jesus" (Viewpoint, April 16): Bill O'Reilly's compromising claim that the Bible "is not history," is either ignorant or disingenuous. The authors themselves claim to be either eyewitnesses or conversant CONVERSANT. One who is in the habit of being in a particular place, is said to be conversant there. Barnes, 162. with eyewitnesses to all of the New Testament accounts. Luke, particularly, claims to write "an orderly account ... so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught." Archaeological authority Sir William Ramsay Sir William Ramsay (October 2, 1852 – July 23, 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 (along with Lord Rayleigh who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for the discovery of argon). calls Luke "a historian of the first rank." So while O'Reilly and others may think it convenient to be politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but with the veracity veracity (v  ras´itē),n of the Bible, its authors and knowledgable historians will not let you off the hook so easily. - George Harris Thousand Oaks Photo op potholes While traveling from Sun Valley to Sylmar on Monday by way of Glenoaks and returning via San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , I passed the time counting potholes. I figure there's enough potholes to allow Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa three photo opportunities a day for the rest of his term. - Larry Naramore Sun Valley |
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