BURBANK WANTS AIRPORT GRANT PULLED.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer The city of Burbank Tuesday called on the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control to revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. an $8 million grant for the expansion of Burbank Airport, claiming airport officials lied in their grant application. The city alleges that the airport's commission, which includes three city of Burbank appointees, never voted to apply for the grant and failed to disclose they are involved in litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. with Burbank over the expansion. In addition, the city maintains the airport needed the approval of the city for an expansion before applying for grant money. ``There are just some gross misrepresentations in their application and we want to bring that to the FAA's attention,'' said Burbank City Manager Robert ``Bud'' Ovrom. ``Misrepresentations and deceit Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. has become their standard operation. They think they can sneak an airport through here.'' Airport officials denied that any facts were misrepresented in their application. ``The points outlined in Burbank's letter to the FAA amount to pure baloney and they are hardly surprising given the city's track record,'' said Thomas Greer, executive director of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, in a statement. ``This letter is obviously an act of desperation on the part of Burbank, nothing more than a Hail Mary pass A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a forward pass made in desperation, with only a very small chance of success. The typical Hail Mary is a very long forward heave thrown at or near the end of a half where there is no realistic possibility for any .'' Greer said he expects the FAA will find no wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do on the part of airport officials. Victor Gil, a spokesman for the airport, declined to respond to the specific allegations raised in the Burbank letter. FAA officials could not be reached for comment. The city of Burbank has asked the FAA to investigate their allegations. The city is opposed to expanding the airport because of complaints from residents about jet noise, pollution and traffic. The Airport Authority is a separate governmental entity that is run by a panel of nine commissioners appointed by the city councils from Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena. The six commissioners from Glendale and Pasadena favor airport expansion and say the airport terminal needs to be relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. because currently it is too close to airport runways. |
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