EDITORIAL PRICE CREEPS COST OF NEW LAPD HQ CONTINUES TO SOAR.LAST time we complained about price creep in Verb 1. creep in - enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in" sneak in penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" 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. city officials' plan to build a new police center was just two months ago. Then, officials said the project would cost $340 million, and maybe even go as high as $383 million. That was a big jump from the budgeted $200 million -- to say nothing of the original $150 million price tag. But now the price has gone up yet again. The City Council's Budget and Finance Committee's latest estimate is $396 million. And officials warn it could go as high as $420 million. The price will probably go even higher than that because the city is hiring contractor Tutor-Saliba -- infamous in·fa·mous adj. 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. for cost overruns Noun 1. cost overrun - excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget" cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor on L.A. public projects, such as the Van Nuys FlyAway fly·a·way adj. 1. Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat; long, flyaway hair. 2. a. -- to do the work. So don't be shocked if this deal eventually cracks the half-billion- dollar mark. Given the way the cost has soared so far, it's all but inevitable. And that's a lot of money to spend on a new headquarters for a Police Department that can't even hire enough new cops to fill it. |
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