CITY COULD JETTISON NEW AIRPORT PANELIST.Byline: Eric Wahlgren Daily News Staff Writer Four months after sacking sack·ing n. A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth. sacking Noun coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks Noun an airport commissioner, stating she was too hard-line on expansion plans, the Burbank City Council tonight is set to consider dismissing her replacement for being too soft on the airport. John Flynn earned the ire of council members for his vote last month to retain the firm that manages the airport - instead of allowing other companies to bid on the contract. The council, which appoints three of nine members to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, favored inviting other firms to compete with Glendale-based Airport Group International. ``I think Flynn's vote was fiscally irresponsible ir·re·spon·si·ble adj. 1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations. 2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy. 3. because AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) A machine intelligence that resembles that of a human being. Considered impossible by many, most artificial intelligence (AI) research, projects and products deal with specific applications such as industrial robots, playing chess, has had the contract for years,'' said City Councilwoman Stacey Murphy, who called for the vote to remove Flynn tonight. ``I don't see what the harm in an open contract would be.'' Burbank's two other airport commissioners, Phil Berlin and Ingolf Klengler, voted on Nov. 17 in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor opening the bid process. They were joined by Pasadena commissioner Chris Holden Holden, town (1990 pop. 14,628), Worcester co., central Mass., a residential suburb of Worcester; settled 1723, set off and inc. 1741. Manufactures include electrical and metal products, plastics, and machinery. . Burbank councilman Ted McConkey said he was also upset by Flynn's vote on the contract, adding that he questions the former NBC news NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. writer's resolve in representing the city's interests in the bitter debate over airport growth. ``He doesn't have to vote the way we want him to vote,'' McConkey said. ``But when he votes with Glendale and Pasadena on matters that have a profound influence on Burbank, we have to take a look at it.'' |
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