\”We want to nurture a diverse body of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community and have respect for themselves and others.\”
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reformed California\’s disastrous workers\’ comp system in 2004, I was bothered by the effort expended by Sacramento\’s elected Democrats to fight reform in order to protect their lawyer allies who were gaming the badly broken system.
Although the Democrats controlled the state legislature and governorship for five years, they adopted only tepid reform under Gov. Gray Davis, aimed largely at reducing doctor and drug costs — not the main causes of the worst workers\’ comp crisis in America.
About two miles northwest of Bethlehem, Israel\’s much-discussed security fence comes to an end — not with a bang but with a whimper.
As a longtime Jewish Community Center (JCC) devotee and one-time Hollywood-Los Feliz director, I find our community\’s possible loss of any part of the JCC system as tragic and appalling (\”Flourish, Not Fail\” and \”JCCs in Jeopardy,\” Nov. 30).
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