EDITORIAL LISTEN TO THE BOSS CTC SHOULD HEED ARNOLD ON 405 RELIEF.SOUTHERN California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, residents who want the state to deliver on highly anticipated bond money to relieve traffic on the 405 Freeway picked up a powerful ally Tuesday: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] . Schwarzenegger has joined Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and other local leaders in demanding that the California Transportation Commission pony up for the much-needed northbound car-pool lane from LAX to the Valley -- a project voters considered all but a given when they voted for state infrastructure bonds in November, but which the CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center staff has recommended against. That decision was an outrage. Los Angeles has 28 percent of the state's population and 33 percent of its traffic, yet it's slated to get just a pathetic 12 percent of the allocated transportation funds. Worse yet, losing the state appropriation could imperil im·per·il tr.v. im·per·iled or im·per·illed, im·per·il·ing or im·per·il·ling, im·per·ils To put into peril. See Synonyms at endanger. the chances of getting much-needed matching funds from Washington. If simple fairness or good economics aren't enough to motivate the CTC's commissioners, we can only hope that the advice of the state's top elected official -- that is, their boss -- will be. |
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