A vote for voting
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Re “Checks on the chief,” editorial, March 31
The Times revealed what it thinks of voters when it called the Los Angeles Police Protective League’s plan to have residents vote for their police chief “cynical and corrupt.” In fact, nothing could be more cynical than besmirching the notion that citizens should be allowed to vote for their government leaders.
And speaking of corruption, let’s not forget that the citizens of this state opened up government positions to direct vote a century ago in an effort to stamp out the corruption in state and local politics at the time. If we apply the lessons of history and give our citizens a choice, I believe we can create an even better LAPD that will be even more responsive to this city’s needs.
Paul M. Weber
Los Angeles
The writer is president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. An expanded version of this letter is available at latimes.com/opinion.
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