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...common note: they get no respect. "Clients figure if we were really good, we'd be out there making big money," says Maria Cavalluzzi, a Los Angeles public defender. In courthouse waiting areas -- known variously as the | Tombs, the Pits, the Tank -- defendants cavalierly dismiss their free counselors as "dump trucks," a term that reflects their view that public defenders are more interested in dumping cases than mounting rigorous defenses...
...begins in a place we've all been -- a hopeless traffic jam -- and it proposes a solution most of us have entertained: dump the damn car and proceed on foot. Of course, most people think twice. But the figure played by Michael Douglas, and identified (from his customized license plate) only as D-FENS, is not at the moment into mature reflection. Recently separated from his job and his wife, he's a bundle of hot-wired nerves. And today is his young daughter's birthday. He has not been invited to the party, but he means to crash...
...want to boost the oxidizing power of the atmosphere. If tropospheric ozone levels had not risen over the past 100 years, we'd in trouble," Jacob says. "But at the same time we dump pollutants that need to be destroyed, we dump more ozone to destroy them...
...unfair, Ballot fraud and illegal voting are serious issues that should be addressed, but they simply are not related to Beys. The staff's legitimate disagreement with Beys' "old ideas of high-profile, high-risk, disaster-prone concerts and social events" does not give the staff a reason to dump all over the Council and the new chair, linking him to corruption that he is not even involved in. The staff should wait to see how the new chair and the Council perform this semester rather than using this election as a chance to take cheap shots against the Council...
...believe that the council should renew Healy's contract. The answer to council-manager friction isn't to dump a man who has been such an asset to the city, but to regulate the office in general. The council must demand greater accountability from Healy if they are wary of his power (and they should be). Healy has done a good job of running the city's business in the past, and under the watchful eye of the council, he should continue to do so in the future...