EDITORIAL ALL FOR $11 BILLION ... BY COMPARISON, HAHN'S LAX PLAN LOOKS EVEN WORSE.WALTER Moore is a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. who lacks the funding, institutional support or name recognition to mount a competitive campaign. What he does have, however, is an interesting observation about Mayor James Hahn's $11 billion plan for ``modernizing'' Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . Moore has pointed out for us that the price tag of Hahn's plan - $11 billion - is the very same amount that Kmart is shelling out to buy Sears, America's oldest retailer, which has nearly 2,000 stores throughout the nation. That must be some modernization for LAX - especially considering that, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Hahn, after all that money, the airport won't actually be expanded. In anticipation of Hahn's overhaul, the airport is getting some minor but important safety improvements. But improved safety is all the airport really needs - not a boondoggle boon·dog·gle Informal n. 1. An unnecessary or wasteful project or activity. 2. a. A braided leather cord worn as a decoration especially by Boy Scouts. b. that will ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale traffic and arguably make LAX even less safe. If the city wants to blow $11 billion, we might as well as least get a retail chain out of the deal. |
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