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There are two ways of getting attention in L.A. One is to kill, shoot and maim, and the other is to produce a video about killing, shooting and maiming in L.A. and ship it out across the United States.
You might recall that the first method was tried with some success two months ago. I say with success because since then the city has discovered poverty, unemployment, racism and injustice.
We have vowed to end them, and toward that goal have named Peter Ueberroth, often referred to as "the white god from Orange County," to rebuild the riot areas and make things right, as he did for baseball and the '84 Olympics.
Some argue that the manner of getting attention seemed a little, well, excessive, but it worked. A polite ahem just wasn't doing it.
The second method of gaining attention has also been tried, and I've got to tell you, folks, it has the leaders of our tourist industry in tears of rage.
But it also is getting attention.
The method in question is a video produced by Local 11 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, called "City on the Edge."
It contrasts the good life in L.A....