EDITORIAL MODEST RETURN 405 FUNDING WELCOME, BUT DOESN'T LIVE UP TO THE HYPE.IN June, Rep. Howard Berman Howard Lawrence "Howie" Berman (born April 15 1941) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 28th District of California (map). , D-Van Nuys, humiliated hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger into backing his efforts to get federal funding for a northbound car-pool lane on the 405 Freeway. Back then, Berman said, the state stood to get $300 million. So Schwarzenegger jumped, Berman pushed forward in Washington, and now the House has approved its national transportation bill. Total allotment for the 405: $130 million. Good, but far short of the tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. $300 million we heard about back in June. Still, the politicians are all celebrating. Bargaining, of course, usually means reaching for the stars and settling for the moon. But between politicians' fuzzy math and overblown o·ver·blown v. Past participle of overblow. adj. 1. a. Done to excess; overdone: overblown decorations. b. claims, it's sometimes hard to tell a windfall from a rip-off. |
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