MISCIKOWSKI PRESSES CASE COUNCILWOMAN WANTS CAREFUL REVIEW OF LAX MODERNIZATION.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Concerned about an orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. lobbying effort to oppose her, City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. went on the offensive Wednesday to win support for an effort to slow approval of Mayor James Hahn's $9.1 billion LAX modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, plan. Miscikowski sent an open letter to her City Council colleagues urging them to support her proposal, set to be considered Friday, to delay hiring consultants who would help Hahn fast-track approval of his plan for 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 . In a series of bullet points bullet point n → punto; bullet points → elenco sg puntato , Miscikowski said she was concerned about a public hearing being organized to attack her efforts as costing jobs and endangering security. ``This is not the case,'' Miscikowski wrote. ``I support the goals of safety and security at LAX. It is clear that LAX remains a prime terrorist target and that work needs to be done to harden hard·en v. hard·ened, hard·en·ing, hard·ens v.tr. 1. To make hard or harder. 2. To enable to withstand physical or mental hardship. 3. the facility to make it more difficult to attack. ``However, now is the time to explore all means to achieve these goals.'' Miscikowski, whose district includes LAX, has questioned some of the plan's security elements, which experts have said are based on technology that either is not in existence or has proven faulty in testing. ``The current security analysis compared a 'pie-in-the-sky' security plan to doing nothing at LAX,'' Miscikowski said. ``We must do better than this - the safety and security of millions of people depend on it.'' She also said the city needed to take immediate action to deal with traffic and runway safety problems at LAX. Hahn spokeswoman Julie Wong defended the plan to hire additional consultants. `'Advance planing is essential to the LAX master plan because it will save hundreds of millions of dollars in the long run,'' Wong said. ``We don't want to be eight to 10 months behind from the start when this does get final approval. That alone would cost us $100 million more just in the rate of inflation.'' Public hearings on the plan are under way. The Board of Airport Commissioners and the City Council also will have to sign off on the massive project, which envisions an off-site area for screening passengers and luggage. Miscikowski is trying to get the City Council to overrule The refusal by a judge to sustain an objection set forth by an attorney during a trial, such as an objection to a particular question posed to a witness. To make void, annul, supersede, or reject through a subsequent decision or action. an Airport Commission decision to hire more consultants immediately to put the airport plan on a fast-track planning effort. ``The current master plan consultants should be doing a lot of the work,'' Miscikowski said. Also, she said, hiring more consultants at this point suggests there will be no changes to the plan. ``Given that we are in the middle of the (environmental review) process, awarding this contract today would be an invalidation in·val·i·date tr.v. in·val·i·dat·ed, in·val·i·dat·ing, in·val·i·dates To make invalid; nullify. in·val of the thousands of pages of testimony and questions being submitted daily.'' Miscikowski said she also was concerned that the plan proceed in a fashion that would allow it to withstand later delays and changes. ``This is a way to ensure that jobs will be available sooner, not later,'' she said, ``as it avoids future delays that will occur if the plan is legally challenged or hamstrung ham·string n. 1. Any of the tendons at the rear hollow of the human knee. 2. or hamstrings The hamstring muscle. 3. The large tendon in the back of the hock of a quadruped. tr.v. later in the process.'' Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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