Dr. Thomas Garthwaite Resigns; Repealing Westside Tunnel Ban; President Bush Speaks On Iraq
Dr. Thomas Garthwaite Resigns
The embattled director of the Department of Health Services for LA County, Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, resigned. Dr. Garthwaite told the County Board of Supervisors in closed session on Tuesday that he has accepted a position as chief medical officer of Catholic Health East, Pennsylvania-based health system with 31 acute care hospitals from Maine to Miami. His decision comes after months of criticism for his proposed plan to stabilize the troubled King/Drew Medical Center by closing or reducing patient services in areas such as pediatrics, obstetrics and neonatology. Larry talks with Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, Director of the Department of Health Services for LA County, and Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor representing the Third Supervisorial District.
Repealing Westside Tunnel Ban
In the mid-1980s, there was a huge methane gas explosion that ripped through a Fairfax-area clothing store. After the disaster, Waxman wrote, and Congress passed, legislation to prohibit using federal money to drill the needed tunnels to extend the Metro Red Line subway west under Wilshire Boulevard. Now, 20 years later, an expert panel convened at the request of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority concluded recently that the Wilshire subway, a top priority of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, could be built safely. Larry Mantle talks with Congressman Waxman and Jaime de la Vega, Deputy Mayor for Transportation in the office of Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa about giving the Westside subway another look.
President Bush Speaks On Iraq
Larry Mantle talks with a panel of experts about President Bush's speech on Iraq. Panelists include, Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Senior Advisor to the Center for Defense Information, James Carafano, Senior Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and Solomon Moore, LA Times staff writer.