EDITORIAL SO WHO'S NUTS? HAHN SHOWS HIS ARROGANCE BY DISPARAGING LAX-PLAN CRITICS.MAYOR James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California had one thing to say about people who are gathering the signatures of those opposed to his plan to expand 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 . ``Nuts.'' So who is Hahn calling nuts? This isn't a bunch of fringe yahoos hurling hurling, outdoor ball and stick game similar to field hockey (see hockey, field). The national pastime of Ireland, it was played for many centuries before the Gaelic Athletic Association standardized the rules in 1884. grenades from the peanut gallery for their own amusement. Those opposed to the mayor's $9.1 billion ``modernization'' plan include just about everyone in the know: members of the City Council, leaders in neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. cities, the airlines, the public and the independent and highly intelligent researchers at the Rand Corp. It's incredibly arrogant to write off so many people with real concerns as being simply deluded. Yet in the face of all the opposition, Hahn and his few supporters - not surprisingly, the unions and building contractors building contractor n → contratista m/f de obras building contractor n → entrepreneur m (en bâtiment) building contractor that expect to get a slice of that multibillion-dollar pie - will not budge from this ill-conceived and badly timed plan. There's a word for people like that. And the mayor used it. |
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