Federal Meddling

* Re “LAPD: Getting to ‘Yes,’ ” editorial, July 23: You just don’t get it! So what’s the problem? The problem is any intervention by a federal agency in the city of Los Angeles’ business, whether it be the Police Department or the public library. Carry your thought to its conclusion and you don’t need any city, county or state government. Let the folks who have managed the Social Security system to a sorry mess take care of us.

While the U.S. Constitution is often ignored, there is that little part about reserving to the states (and by extension to lesser governmental units) all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government. I don’t remember seeing “meddling in city policy departments” as one of the powers delegated to Washington.

JAMES G. KREDER

Laguna Beach