Cleveland was the same way with the noise squawkers. Only one person had a legitimate complaint. His family owned the house before the airport was built (1929). OBTW he was also an IRS auditor. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David MR" <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: Re: SFGate: L.A. Settles Suit, Scraps Airport Plans > "The city also agreed to an annual passenger limit of 75 million, up froma > cap of 62 million this year. If it hits the new cap by 2010, the airport > would begin to reduce its number of gates." > > Typical liberal politician bullcrap. If something is uccessful, punish > it. > > Hey, politicos: The purpose of an airport is to attract airplanes. Don't > worry about the idiots who live near the airport and complain about the > noise because they had to know the airport was there when they bought > their house. The people who do this are too stupid to be allowed outside > without an escort. > > David R > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > >> =20 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. >> The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: >> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2005/12/01/national/a= >> 214112S70.DTL >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Thursday, December 1, 2005 (AP) >> L.A. Settles Suit, Scraps Airport Plans >> >> >> >> (12-01) 21:41 PST Los Angeles (AP) -- >> >> The city announced Thursday it is scrapping most of its $11 billion >> modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport under a >> settlement with neighboring cities that sued. >> >> Under the tentative settlement, the airport would also limit passenger >> growth and pay millions of dollars to soundproof nearby homes and reduce >> traffic congestion. >> >> The city had spent $150 million designing the LAX Master Plan, which was >> approved by the City Council last year. Under the settlement, most of >> that >> will be reconsidered with new input from the airlines and neighbors. >> >> "What we sought in this consensus and settlement was modernization witho= >> ut >> expansion, safety and security, regionalization, environmental mitigation >> and more inclusive planning with our neighbors," said Mayor Antonio >> Villaraigosa, who opposed the old master plan and brokered the >> settlement. >> >> It could be 2007 before a new plan is released, officials said. >> >> The portions of the old plan put on hold under the deal include: >> rebuilding some runways, constructing new terminals, building a central >> check-in facility, and adding people movers and thousands of new parking >> spaces. >> >> The city also agreed to an annual passenger limit of 75 million, up from= >> a >> cap of 62 million this year. If it hits the new cap by 2010, the airport >> would begin to reduce its number of gates. >> >> In return, the airport would be able to start a $300 million rebuilding = >> of >> two southern runways next year to prevent close calls between aircraft. >> It >> also could install bomb-detection equipment in its baggage-handling >> system >> and begin its first major construction project in decades ? a $410 >> million upgrade of the aging Tom Bradley International Terminal. >> >> Opponents of the old plan praised the settlement. >> >> "It took 10 years of walking the pavement, attending meetings, educating >> the public and politicians ... and it finally paid off," said Jennifer >> Dakoske Koslu, president of the Alliance for a Regional Solution to >> Airport Congestion. >> >> The deal still requires approval by the residents' group, the county, the >> Federal Aviation Administration and the cities of Los Angeles, Culver >> City, El Segundo and >> Inglewood. -------------------------------------------= >> --------------------------- >> Copyright 2005 AP