Opinion: Feb. 4, 2011 buzz: A better proposal for an L.A. pro football team? Another financial source for California?
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The buzz for Feb. 4, 2011:
Most viewed | Trending on Twitter | Shared on Facebook: L.A. should follow the cheeseheads
In Friday’s Opinion pages, Wisconsin native and Los Angeles attorney Mark Neubauer argues for a football team that’s owned by the public. ‘For more than 90 years, this little hick town of 100,000 has persevered with a major-league NFL franchise while mighty Los Angeles has not,’ Neubauer writes. He’s talking about the Green Bay and the Packers.
Most commented: Republican stonewalling won’t close the state budget gap
Meanwhile, Harold Meyerson writes about the GOP’s resistance to Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposals as well as a public vote. ‘If [Republicans in the Legislature are] looking for further cuts in state spending, why don’t they ax their own salaries?’ asks Meyerson. ‘In a just world, the pay for doing nothing -- and keeping anyone else from doing anything -- would be nothing.’ Readers who feel ‘taxed out,’ are pushing back on the comments board, making for a great debate. Though we can’t say we agree with the commenter who says Democrats don’t work.
--Alexandra Le Tellier
