Savvy travelers in need of a getaway come to the Caribbean island of Nevis to relax at restored sugar plantations, like the Montpelier Inn, or the opulent Four Seasons. Celebrity visitors have included Michael Douglas, Oprah Winfrey and Princess Diana, who immediately fled to the island to relax after her breakup with Prince Charles.
Four major contenders are vying to unseat 54-year-old incumbent Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn in next week\’s primary election. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, then the top two finishers will meet in a May runoff.
By what criteria should Jewish voters select Los Angeles\’ next mayor? The March 8 election is looming as a referendum on first-term incumbent James K. Hahn.
As professor Raphael J. Sonenshein of California State University, Fullerton noted in an earlier Jewish Journal column, the Jewish community seems split mostly among three candidates.
You don\’t have to go far to hear complaints about the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD), the city\’s beleaguered public school system, nor very far to catch grumbling about Mayor James K. Hahn. But linking the two is a stretch for many, because Los Angeles\’ mayor has no authority over the city\’s schools — none at all.
Yet one challenger in particular, Bob Hertzberg, has made LAUSD the centerpiece of his campaign by pledging, somehow, to break up the nation\’s second-largest school system. Politically, the strategy isn\’t off the wall.
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