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Related: About this forumPanama Canal cited for shifting airport control from Charlotte
RALEIGH, N.C. A Charlotte lawmaker said Tuesday that shifting control of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport to a yet-to-be-created regional authority is critical for North Carolina's economic future.
Rep. William Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, said the airport is poised to become a freight distribution hub for the eastern half of the U.S. as the Panama Canal expands and starts handling larger container ships next year.
Brawley said Senate Bill 81 won't go to the House floor until Charlotte is allowed to present its case for maintaining control to lawmakers.
Still, he said Tuesday that putting airport management in the hands of a regional agency would ensure a "less-politicized governance body" and more professional operations.
Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, questioned how appointments made by Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, all Republicans, would be less political than those made by the Democratic-controlled Charlotte City Council.
At least two legal opinions have suggested that a change in the airport's management could create problems with the facility's bonds and one even said that it could increase borrowing costs for cities, counties and other local governments throughout North Carolina.
Rep. William Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, said the airport is poised to become a freight distribution hub for the eastern half of the U.S. as the Panama Canal expands and starts handling larger container ships next year.
Brawley said Senate Bill 81 won't go to the House floor until Charlotte is allowed to present its case for maintaining control to lawmakers.
Still, he said Tuesday that putting airport management in the hands of a regional agency would ensure a "less-politicized governance body" and more professional operations.
Rep. Rodney Moore, D-Mecklenburg, questioned how appointments made by Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, all Republicans, would be less political than those made by the Democratic-controlled Charlotte City Council.
At least two legal opinions have suggested that a change in the airport's management could create problems with the facility's bonds and one even said that it could increase borrowing costs for cities, counties and other local governments throughout North Carolina.
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Panama Canal cited for shifting airport control from Charlotte (Original Post)
octoberlib
Apr 2013
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Esse Quam Videri
(685 posts)1. It is just incredible how much carnage
McRory and the repugs have caused in the few months they have been in office.
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)2. I'd hope we can restore a Dem-majority leg in 2014 but...
...with the obscene gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts...maybe not.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. Voter suppression and fraud worry me.
One writer pointed out how they introduced a bill to loosen regulations for absentee voting and this is where most fraud occurs. Ohio has had tons of problems with this.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)4. It's mind blowing. I feel shell-shocked. nt
firenewt
(298 posts)3. I doubt he even knows where Panama is..............................
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)6. Lol. You're probably right. nt