RIORDAN TALK MAY MEAN BUSINESS IN STUDIO CITY.Byline: Deborah Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer Munching munching - Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills, notoriety or to annoy the system manager. Compare cracker. See also hacked off. on taquitos Friday, Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. told Studio City business leaders that the city helps those who help themselves. ``If the Valley wants to be healthy, they should organize and the city can be a partner,'' he said. ``Unless there's a community with a will within the city, the government will always fail you.'' After a morning meeting with 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. commissioners in which he attempted to dissuade TO DISSUADE, crim. law. To induce a person not to do an act. 2. To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicted, is an indictable offence at common law. Hawk. B. 1, c. 2 1, s. 1 5. secession efforts, Riordan lunched at Mexicali Cocina Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] in Studio City to support the proposed creation of a business improvement district there. The commercial self-assessment district would allow business or property owners to pay for their own services including street cleaning, security, landscaping, lighting and parking. Studio City's proposed district is one of at least 11 in the works throughout the Valley. The city has launched a campaign to promote the districts, offering up to $75,000 in seed money to each community to form them. Besides helping the communities help themselves, the program could aid his efforts to diffuse diffuse /dif·fuse/ 1. (di-fus´) not definitely limited or localized. 2. (di-fuz´) to pass through or to spread widely through a tissue or substance. dif·fuse adj. the Valley secession drive, Riordan said. ``This is contradictory to secession,'' he said. ``If the current city empowers them, then secession is unnecessary.'' Business leaders at the luncheon largely agreed with Riordan that forming a district could improve both their own community and their relations with the city. ``If people don't have confidence that this will improve things in terms of parking and security, then it will be tough to keep them from looking at secession,'' said Dan Burrell, president of the Studio City Chamber of Commerce. That could change if the business improvement district proves successful, he said. ``I think if people have confidence that things will start to happen, this could make a huge difference'' in their opinions about splitting from 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. . Despite the overall support for the district, residents and business owners voiced hesitation about how it would operate within city red tape. ``We're used to having problems with city departments,'' said Polly Polly Biotechnology A Poll Dorset sheep cloned from sheep skin cells, which has a human gene in each cell. See Dolly. Ward, vice president of the Studio City Residents Association. ``So could we come to you if we have problems?'' Dan Kahn, the mayor's business development representative, assured her, ``We're going to walk you through every step.'' Architect Ray Franco was among a few who flatly opposed the idea. ``I have not signed on to the (business improvement district,) because I see it right now as just a new bureaucracy,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Mayor Richard Riordan discusses a commercial zone with business people at Mexicali Cocina Cantina in Studio City on Friday. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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