Picture caption: Egyptian officials leave Las Vegas unsuccessful in their attempt to broker an agreement to end the Giza Amendment, a federal law to protect the authenticity of the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. Saddled with the wildly unpopular law, Nile Valley residents must travel to Nevada to see replicas because of the "7,000 mile rule".
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11-05-2006
03:36 AM
2 Loves
A fare war? Wow, competition really does work. P.T. Barnum was so right when he revealed how often fools are born in this country. For years, the great unwashed got soaked by believing every word of support for the Wright Amendment. What's really astonishing is that DFW Airport didn't close when Southwest took their first post-Wright Amendment passenger to Las Vegas from Love. Wasn't that the mantra all along? Protecting Amer...whoops, I mean DFW.
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10-17-2006
11:07 PM
8 Loves
What a bittersweet day. Since the cigar smoke of the backroom deal that created the Wright Amendment has hung in the air for 26 years, today feels like the summit of Everest. But for me as a Dallasite for 40-plus years, I wish full repeal had been possible.
The struggle for Love is far from over for many of us. Future generations will ask some pretty pressing questions about why such an asset as Love Field is nothing more than a boutique airport. Some of the politicians who ignored their constituents wishes will be long gone 10, 15, or 20 years from now. And the general landscape will be vastly different. Southwest will probably be flying into not only Love, but Colin County as well.
Thanks for providing the muscle needed to take the first steps for repealing Wright.
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05-02-2006
09:43 PM
9 Loves
When Southwest decided to enter the Wright Amendment feud, it reminded me of that scene in the movie "Die Hard' when the police officer finally realizes that there's trouble in the high rise and Bruce Willis says "welcome to the party
pal". For too many years, lots of flyers (but especially the people of Dallas) seethed at the flight
restrictions at Love. But thankfully, Southwest brought their savvy, confidence, and big guns to the
fight. We all know who's going to win...it's inevitable. And when Love is free again, Dallasites won't
be able to thank Southwest enough. We'll of course fly that much more, but I for one would like to
have the damnest ticker tape parade this town's ever seen.
Thanks for joining the party and making such a difference. Our metropolitan region is more than
big enough for two airports. And of course living closest to Love, I live closest to the best one.
Best of luck always,
Don Abbott
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