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	You Really Must Want to Vote to Endure This Complicated Process By Shachar @ 5:00 AM November 21, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed Dateline Jerusalem — I voted for President via overseas absentee ballot. Although I have been sick (sore throat and bad cough), I went out and walked to the Post Office in the thunderstorm we had here in Israel in order to mail my ballot. read
	Reflections on Lench Ahead of Memorial Program By My Opinion @ 3:00 PM November 20, 2008 Found in: News From Dr. Lisa Chong [Editor’s Note: A former student at West Los Angeles College and a close friend of the late board member Bob Lench, Dr. Chong dispatched the following notice to a wide circle of persons regarding the first service since his death. Dr. Chong will share memories of Mr. Lench in Friday’s edition.] read
	Bob Lench Memorial Service on Monday at West L.A. College By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM November 20, 2008 Found in: News A memorial service celebrating the life of education enthusiast Bob Lench, philanthropist and West Los Angeles College Foundation board member, will be held on Monday at 12 noon in the Fine Arts Theatre on the West campus. read
	The Day the Democratic Process Left the Democratic Party By Robert Rosebrock @ 8:00 AM November 20, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed Nov. 15, 2008, is a day that will live in infamy for America’s Military Veterans, as well as all patriotic Americans, because one member of the California Democratic Party blocked the “Resolution to Protect a National Sacred Trust,” which would protect and preserve the sacred land at the Los Angeles National Veterans Home, preventing it from being turned into a public park. read
	Are Prisoners Doilies? A Few Questions for Hospital Czar Who Won’t Call Me Back By Thomas D. Elias @ 5:00 AM November 20, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed The brand-new Ronald Reagan Medical Center on the campus of UCLA provides 520 standard beds and 61 short-term hospitalization beds. It contains 1,050,000 square feet and encompasses four kinds of treatment facilities: the Mattel Children's Hospital, the Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute, an emergency center treating all manner of traumas and a general hospital handling everything from organ transplants to cancer treatment, infectious diseases and general surgery. read
	Arguing Why the Present Gas Prices Are Not Really Healthy for Us By My Opinion @ 4:00 PM November 19, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed From John Cohn The painful days of July seem like ancient history. Gasoline prices near $5 a gallon. It was traumatic just to go to the pump. Yesterday, after filling up my car, I looked at the pump register. I thought there was a mistake. Less than 40 bucks to fill my tank. read
	Of A. Lincoln and G. Silbiger By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM November 19, 2008 Found in: Editor's Essays The Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal.” read
	An Expensive, Impressive Handoff — From O’Leary to Robitaille to Charity By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM November 19, 2008 Found in: News Neither a pomp nor a circumstance was in sight yesterday at the lunch hour at Joxer Daly’s Irish pub when the proprietor, Mehaul O’Leary, slid into a front booth to commit an extraordinary act. Having shlepped along his business-sized checkbook, he opened to page one, and he began writing, expensively. read
	Diversity in the Obama White House, a Delicate Balancing Act By Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson @ 6:00 AM November 19, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed President-elect Barack Obama’s close and longtime confidant Valerie Jarrett was emphatic when she told a group of black journalists that Obama would not waver one bit in his commitment to diversity in his administration. The journalists were nervous at the paucity of African-American names that have been repeatedly tossed around as likely Obama staff and cabinet picks. The list is top heavy with moderate to conservative Wall Street bank and corporate officials, ex-Clinton White House staffers, officials and advisors, and Democratic governors and senators. read
	Democratic Process Takes a Beating in Council Chambers By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM November 18, 2008 Found in: Editor's Essays If your child is running with The Mob, mama, do not fret. Your worries have ended. At least you know where to find him every Monday night — in Council Chambers. To the consternation of true democrats (lower-case “d”) and other reasonable people, mob rule has hijacked the City Council the last two Mondays. read