VALLEY VOTE REJECTS PUSH FOR EXTENSION.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer Valley VOTE leaders said Wednesday that they expect to complete their secession petition drive by the Aug. 27 deadline and won't need the 30-day extension sought by the City Council. Although pleased with the council action, taken to make amends AMENDS. A satisfaction, given by a wrong doer to the party injured for a wrong committed. 1 Lilly's Reg. 81. 2. By statute 24 Geo. II. c. 44, in England, and by similar statutes in some of the United States, justices of the peace, upon being notified of an for Valley VOTE volunteers being improperly ejected from Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. in July, members of the group said they believed an extension would only complicate com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. matters. Valley VOTE Chairman Richard Close said the group's legal advisers questioned whether the state commission that city officials planned to ask for an extension could actually grant one. ``We need to assume that there won't be an extension,'' Close said. ``We haven't abandoned the idea, but we're not counting on it.'' Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment has three weeks left in its petition drive, which calls for a study of San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. cityhood. The group needs 135,000 valid signatures to compel Compel - COMpute ParallEL the Local Agency Formation Commission - a state organization that oversees the creation of cities - to study the issue. Valley VOTE volunteers had hoped to collect at least 15,000 signatures at the airport's annual air show July 18 and 19, but were repeatedly escorted off the site by airport officers. A city investigation found last week that miscommunication mis·com·mu·ni·ca·tion n. 1. Lack of clear or adequate communication. 2. An unclear or inadequate communication. between airport management and security led to the ejections. That conclusion strikes Valley VOTE leaders as a whitewash whitewash, white fluid commonly used as an inexpensive, impermanent coating for walls, fences, stables, and other exterior structures. It varies in composition, being generally a mixture of lime (quicklime), water, flour, salt, glue, and whiting, with other , and they continued Wednesday to call for an independent investigation by county or federal authorities. Board member Steve Pearl, one of those ejected from the airport, is preparing a detailed response to the city investigation, disputing some of the report's details. He said Wednesday he will submit it to federal investigators to illustrate the need for an independent probe. ``The airport department's report raises more questions than it answers, and does nothing more than show how badly an independent investigation is needed,'' he said. |
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