OPINION
January 28, 1996
The flat tax is aptly named. I think it refers to my wallet. VIRGINIA MARTIN Desert Hot Springs
OPINION
December 31, 1995
The death of Virginia McMartin (Dec. 19) brought back memories of our life in Manhattan Beach. My family lived in the community for 25 years and both our sons attended the McMartin Pre-school. It was a happy time. Mrs. McMartin and her daughter Peggy as well as the other teachers were a caring, dedicated and respected group of teachers. The paranoia that later developed and spread throughout the town was a shameful episode and can only be described as a local McCarthyism, exacerbated by a self-serving district attorney.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 19, 1995 | MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Virginia McMartin, founder of the McMartin Pre-school where charges of child molestation sparked the longest and costliest criminal prosecution in U.S. history, has died. She was 88. The feisty McMartin, who attended the lengthy proceedings in her wheelchair, died Sunday night in Torrance after a series of strokes. She was pronounced dead, apparently of heart failure, at Little Company of Mary Hospital shortly after paramedics transported her there from her Torrance home.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 21, 1995
Help wanted: Cabinet positions in Washington. Temporary frequent openings. Good PR experience a must. Integrity negotiable. Ask for Bill. VIRGINIA MARTIN Desert Hot Springs
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 20, 1994
The people running the White House, Congress and the courts seem to be a mix of Katzenjammer Kids, Our Gang comedy and the Keystone Cops. No wonder I have the heebie-jeebies. VIRGINIA MARTIN Desert Hot Springs
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 24, 1994
Just think: If Ollie North is elected to Congress, he can lie to himself. VIRGINIA MARTIN Desert Hot Springs