Dallas legislator: Keep Wright in place (EBJ)

[tx_dem41]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/081005dnbuswright.5d1b7454.html

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson said Wednesday that she supports keeping the Wright amendment in place and will sponsor legislation that would end all commercial flights to Dallas Love Field if the Wright law gets repealed.


Ms. Johnson, whose district includes both Love Field and the headquarters of Southwest Airlines Co., stood among a group of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport concessionaires at a Las Colinas hotel to announce that after careful consideration, she had sided with D/FW’s position on the Wright matter.

“I determined my place was to support D/FW,” she said. “It’s nothing to do with the airlines.”

D/FW officials fear that without the restrictions on long-haul flying from Love Field that American would shift flying away from D/FW and shift millions of passengers. That would raise costs at D/FW and threaten the business of contractors and concessionaires, many of whom are minorities, said Ms. Johnson, who is black.






Personally, I'm disappointed in my rep's stance on this issue. The additional costs that her constituents have paid over the years because of the Wright Amendment should play into her decision, IMO.

It's not everyday you see EBJ and Smokey Joe Barton on the same side of an issue....the wrong side.

[derby378]

1. You're breaking my heart, Eddie...

Competition, not monopoly, is a good thing.

[tammywammy]

2. I don't think that she's making much sense

She worries about the minorities that have jobs at DFW, but wants Love (her district) to close?

That just doesn't make sense to me. And also, wouldn't getting rid of Wright, increase business/jobs to her district, as opposed to Las Colinas and Irving as it is now?

I'm sorry, I have no sympathy for AA. They've been pricing us so high, because they know we have to fly them. Why should the only airline that makes money be punished because the big boys at DFW are jealous?

[tx_dem41]

3. Yikes...its getting a little more interesting...and uglier, IMO

http://fburner.weblogswork.com/archives2/010670.html

[tammywammy]

4. What a surprise!

A representative willing to sacrifice the good of their own district to make a little money. :sarcasm:

Thanks for the link, that explains her decision to back DFW a whole lot clearer.

[sendero]

5. The Wright Amendment..

... needs to go.

And the idea that there is a higher percentage of minorities running/working concessions at DFW than there is/would-be at Love is ludicrous.

Has she ever been to Love Field?

One more thing, I get a kick out of the "sponsor legislation halting all commercial flights out of Love" comment. Her and who's army? That has about as much chance of happening as Bush** getting impeached tomorrow.