Taxpayers' revolt echoes in Long Beach and county
Editorial notes a growing taxpayer anger after 900 residents pressured the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for tax cuts and questions city budget increases. It argues taxes rise with government spending and urges voters to back officials who will cut costs and limit facilities and services.
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Long Beach
County Hall of Administration
Los Angeles
Kennan voices warning on U S politics and Western unity
In a forthcoming Encounter interview George F. Kennan criticizes U S political system and presidential candidate quality, urges selecting leaders from the better class, and warns of civilizational decline. He calls for fewer foreign commitments, stronger Western Europe defense, and warns of ecological and demographic dangers at home.
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Athens
George F. Keenan
U.S
Unites
Tiench
Kennan
Washington
Middle East
Europe
Western Europe
Moscow
Letters to the editor urge cures for council disease and civic reform
Readers critique elected officials, fairness of taxation, gambling ideas for Long Beach, and dissatisfaction with city licenses. They discuss a council debate, Oprah Winfrey Nixon remarks, Queen Mary, casino proposals, and tax increases harming small business and residents. Names include TOM KELL, ANNE FICKES, M. FURY, A KAUCHICK, and MRS. KATHRYN CAMPBELL.
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Lakewood
Long Beaching
Tom Kell Lakewood
Long Beach
Sacramento
Kathryn Campbell Long
Westside redevelopment rights voiced by Long Beach residents
BEA ORTEGA argues that property owners renters and business people on the West Side should decide whether redevelopment proceeds and questions the EDC authority and cost to taxpayers. She cites job losses from Naval Station closure and McDonnell Douglas, urging direct taxpayer oversight and local decision.
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Westside
Mary Ellis Carlton
Business PLC
Eugene Jacobs
EDC
Long Beach
West Side
Long Beach Naval Station
McDonnell- Douglas
EDC Board
Bea Ortega
Oust big spenders vote note from Abbott
A reader thanks D. J. Fear for a letter and argues against government welfare and high deficits. The writer recalls poverty in youth, urges voting out current congressman and one senator to curb big spenders, and references a trillion-dollar national debt and a call for Guv Ronnie or president.
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D. J
Ronnie
Congress
E. Abbott
Long Beach
Linguistic arrogance in bilingual ballot debate and language policy
A letter argues against English only bias while defending bilingual ballots and education as moral and legal duties under treaty heritage. It notes Spanish as historic in California and stresses Americans should learn English yet warns against WASP arrogance in excluding Spanish. The piece cites cultural preservation and practical needs amid immigrant influence.
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United States
California
Robert W. MacKenzie
Long Beach
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