EDITORIAL HELP WANTED THE MTA NEEDS NEW LAWYERS TO KEEP THE BUSWAY ON TRACK.ANYONE know a good lawyer, fearless and aggressive, who knows how to win? If so, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly because if anyone ever needed a good lawyer, it's 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. County's transit agency. The requirements aren't extensive, just a bright lawyer or two who stay awake on the job, read the fine print of court orders and aren't afraid to make a few phone calls when they need answers. It's absurd, and ought to be unacceptable to MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. officials, how they got into this current jam. How their high-paid staff of crack attorneys, in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. and out-house, could lose the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Orange Line busway case in the first place is inexplicable in·ex·pli·ca·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to explain or account for. in·ex  pli·ca·bil . And that they didn't realize or couldn't find out that the court-ordered halt to busway construction ended a week ago is beyond comprehension comprehensionAct of or capacity for grasping with the intellect. The term is most often used in connection with tests of reading skills and language abilities, though other abilities (e.g., mathematical reasoning) may also be examined. . It wasn't until a Daily News reporter called the clerk of the state appeals court that the MTA learned it could have resumed construction last week and saved a lot of money that was being lost because of the $70,000 daily cost of idling work crews. This was something the legal staff of the transportation agency could have - should have - done at any time. They did not. There's an urgent need for sharper legal work immediately since the Valley community group that's fighting the busway is going back to court to seek an order again halting halt·ing adj. 1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice. 2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse. 3. Limping; lame. construction. If the group prevails and it takes nine months to complete the full review of using Rapid buses instead of the busway, the delay could add $100 million to the cost of the busway's $330 million price tag. That's outrageous since the busway is 40 percent complete and the MTA didn't do the proper Rapid bus study when it approved the busway because it was a pilot project at the time. And no matter what the Rapid bus study finds, the MTA is committed to finishing the busway. So maybe the MTA should fire the attorneys who are responsible for letting this slip through the cracks and hire someone who will look out for the people. Maybe a reporter or two. |
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