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Article: Proposition R doesn't engender confidence that it's in the public interest.(COMMENTARY)(Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles )(Column)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- October 16, 2006
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PROPOSITION R is bad for Los Angeles. This measure is an attempt to trick voters into extending term limits for City Councilmembers. It was conceived as a simple City Charter amendment to permit councilmembers to serve three terms instead of two. But after polling showed that this idea wasn't popular with voters, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters of Los Angeles jerry-rigged an assortment of changes to the City's ethics laws solely so they could peddle a term limits extension as "reform."
The Chamber and League delivered their two-issue package to City Hall on the morning of July 18. Within hours, the City Council acted to place ...