Show r Hwriia Qurii-a- Uaicnlri 'j’an Ljy) i How’m I doing? Just fine says Citizen Koch By Uury McStur AtsopatariPnw Writer — fiW YORK Eight ycjusagp New York City's vutcr dtlivred a harsh guudbyc to Edward It Koch Soundly whipped in the Dwtucrwic primary the e exrmeyw — and docs this HHio-ui'b- reidly surprise anyhudy?1 — did nui gy quietly Oh Ite twid his-- rinue for six mouths-afte- r leaving office outing himself (and hi$ successor a brief break But Chizen Koch clearly enjoying the last laugh is once again as prominent as the New Voile skyline — and bee visible rain or shine "Back in my salad days I told people Go atKad don't voie for me I'll get a better job but you won’t get a better mayor'" Koch said during a break a Center-la- office"! think IwasxiginQU bothcuuMK" How he doing? Wsry well thank you — better financially than he did in a dozen years at City Hall where he earned a top salary of SI3UIXX) while wrestling with the City Council the media the budget There 's Ed Koch newspaper columnist Ed Koch radio host Ed Koch the nextJudge Wapner He's an author an actor a pitchman a personality mir s i: He's a oommeniaior Any questions? Koch is equally adept as- interviewer and interviewee This cult of Koch seemed improbable eight years ago when the from City Hail by mayor clerk David areiatively ubteure y Dinkins But America’s most recognizable in by a final term troumayor was-dou- e bled by corruption scandals the AIDS epidemic and racial unrest After 12 - ie was-drive- eifc-dl- "All I jiuiti tuns ni !eat qitu least tree it I'm tree 11 last '' f i - ex-ma- a U - i- 'it' ii'! - iiii 1 iir rc ) ‘‘v i't-i'- l J kcn rinmne- - ''wackus " — js- is- - quirk -- i - iC q 'ik current mayor Ihv rii- - igiiirv he - mean-- k v 'in 11 iv wi- i i 0 IVLVingeii'uICii- - ii Dejuoeraik debaie uggvsting I vtvac liac Kn Ixiter ’hao they vvlv I vMJvt I have kcn much ‘KUei kiiefl'c 'atest wmbic v mail who love- - gcmric :K I he has -- igiivd s tr r ir l JoscpR Wapuer s e--9v ot " Dk PCvrpie's vi Is Koch quaililed ' 'LC :k ’ i 1 -si-: i ' -- - v vii i ' print ind ou ik as "‘tul nt OiO- - in l jlUiliiiM Viu- viv of i (' I things :pLii!ivJ ' yitvlvv l judges its tUayir P ondly UtCJ I 'KcalTK i - s— volunteered to X :iClaims Chu i koefi laughs "Back 'hen I did Mr tre krKtl keeps to '!K -- ailiv did as mayor it i ling uj ic -i lOd I going to ieci :ltui'-v i warns vriCic- - 'nui !k vjv-t- tlgc v7 ’he SOIK gv :s 'll- - tilc' 'll his piaie Kit Weil full k: cT a "I -- till !tov‘ -- onic opening- k-'c- in'i:ii "on !hur-d- uiiv'iioou" a Open a Zions Bank Newsservice Home Equity Credit Line AND PEOPLE will think When Sun Francifcco School Waldemar Rojas Superintendent ' decklev that a school is- failing to educate its students he removes every employee — the principal all the teachers eveothe custodians — andrebuilds-thstafffrom scratch While the city's teachers-unio- n hasbulked ata policy that throws out good teachers with bad Rojas said the purpose is-- not to punish the staff who are reassigned to other schools but to rethink the school’s entire culture and organization tm23?ie decision to reconstitute a - school is- - not an easy one’ he said "It isa dramatic and radical tactic for bringing positive development to a e you're a financial genius vMUrui V -' c 4 4 ng school"' Last week Education Secretary Richard' Riley embraced such drastic measure to reform failing schools saying in his annual "Stale of Education-- speech that this should be the nation’s "first order of business-- " "We need to stop- making : j j - get on with the busi- excuses-an- ness of: fixing our schools" he said "If a school is bad and can't be changed reconstitute it or close it down If a principal is slow to get the message find No strength in a new leader If teach- era are burned out counsel: them to improve or leave the profess sion If law need to be changed get on with it" Points A? Fees The federal government can offer some money he said but for the most part the federal rule will be to provide models of edu- cation systems that work in minority communities have one comThe models-"al- l mon denominator'' Riley said "They all set high standards'’ While Sun Francisco was the leader in reconstituting schools the movement is gaining momentum nationwide-Th- i month Philadelphia School Superintendent David Hombeck announced that two high school would be overhauled transferring 7S percent of their professional staff In those schools teacher and administrator are being replaced after attempt at reform '’failed because of the inability of the school stuff to work a a team to The smart wav to boirow money turn the school around'’ Horn-bec- k said Schools have been reconstituted in Brooklyn Albany Atlanta Houston and Memphis In Chicago last fall HP of the system' 57 schools were placed on "acs-cem- ic probation'’ the Erst step that could lead to reconstituting or even closing them Buy a new kitchen pav college tuition or get some- thing you've always- wanted with our Home Equity Credit Line and some- "Wc'rc not sympathetic and we refuse to accept thing kind of strange the statu quo" said Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive-OfficePaul Valias "We want academic results and this is the length we're prepared to go to gel them" In Chicago the academic standard for probation is not particu- larly rigorous School have to have more than S5 percent of their student working below grade level to1 get thi special scrutiny happens Suddenly your name and genius are being mentioned in the u ne WiV lO bot!v Pius for sentence See any aeiL:-wort- h nist six iionih alter their IQ knows th: vou bliin vour cred’t a line of credit that avcs line we !! ive vou an interest wn vein tory oUti annual vou and lets vou access 00'N percentage rate (APR) of the equity you have in A ii theie are no origina-- t t Lx no ij'praisa lees vour home is a verv smuti lind out more !ev IV iinpiv call or mop by any Zions Bank biuicii -- I tax-deducti- ble w A'M 1 w YmhwI m t'i Kate ( i'K- 1 S TS Kfmud kv murah mraJuviaiy nw C I ht nnmc rale V i vuw huweand the pne iwerete raie Wot ' --ASK vuur rccuW rate aiU be JlS V’M' ini aiw ratio ptnae pot I IS Bank BTHDC it defined m rhv uuh lU'iiia ouiikm raaMmum wntt be dtumuecd hjy ’Ik 'mim A bcMWv Viiul raewk mqk Hhipuib waiua owgii SoO Ite will be MCNtd a nu 4 Pie Mlti n vmti obi4 dvnu lrt 'ii u tl ) mUw lk Yfiitlx i!v ihv dr n (r 1 rit ’ i ti i 11 nr Nj rlp t cl XH 'iio N ilt f mv ‘Ih :i r4v q n ' Cwui ti i!Z Uy vih fit I ic WfiiUil Z1 i’l UK 1 1 ViiuiH tmV (k1 '1111 I’ ZIONS it'iC BANK w have Vk and no closing -- W l Ik iiltui Yak ks vcva Vk'S l)UU 4inK ubs 'tknihs rir tH' ( n qu 1 4 i hi Hiin - JS'Ny I -- -- -i- i ji-- ni don't trust i vn- - c- - iu ! lii r i j iiv'iftv-- ' ng uvaKcm Iwv) i v iCft tiuxne-- s Ui'ullii down uQ liIipc Jtid ' week New York Post and lostv week radio --how Hev: j siK-(- Kid ieJiKiUstidiiiK :huvk inUEfltatlOOai i i‘kii- - - 1 it ’n ni -- ulyt-c'v (jikiljilli - luj-'- v cd i I (hb 1 v'insoitf rot If 1 ui' ji i Vi) ipn cm ri v Kvir-- Ii- i - v f a Jr i I (and often critical) mice iv h than ever He writes i :i-- hot:' - quick last hiouivic hi rvccnl ’Hears tat iiid is i It dt-- jingv a'ing i J v ) i kv'i vik was fun" be reflected "to tx victim" Eight years later his Ni Vii -- ’i‘i I red libiisjn' I ' i o iiiiriHlv iai vtuiaeier Kviv WSkflisrng v ii 'kriM CuXlid INit IK - iik v filial Vw York familiar cavkie riving "V burden was lilted trum my -- The something else c ! 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