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0 points_jal4y ago0 comments

If you can develop the political will to treat the citizens of LA like we did the Iraqis in the second Gulf adventure, sure.

Just suspend the rule of law and send in Bechtel behind a bunch of guns.

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jaywalk4y ago

I'm not saying we should do that, but it might be preferable to allowing the citizens of LA to hold the entire global economy hostage because they love their regulations.

bcrosby954y ago

LA county already has the two largest ports in the USA: Long Beach and LA. Maybe some other region can pick up the slack.

jaywalk4y ago

I agree, if/when we build a new port it shouldn't be in LA County or probably California at all.

abduhl4y ago

We didn’t do it when it was just a union why should we do it for the citizens of LA?

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/how-onl...

xxpor4y ago

The feds wouldn't have to follow CEQA if they didn't want to. The whole supremacy clause and all that.

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0 points_jal4y ago0 comments

If you can develop the political will to treat the citizens of LA like we did the Iraqis in the second Gulf adventure, sure.

Just suspend the rule of law and send in Bechtel behind a bunch of guns.

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jaywalk4y ago

I'm not saying we should do that, but it might be preferable to allowing the citizens of LA to hold the entire global economy hostage because they love their regulations.

bcrosby954y ago

LA county already has the two largest ports in the USA: Long Beach and LA. Maybe some other region can pick up the slack.

jaywalk4y ago

I agree, if/when we build a new port it shouldn't be in LA County or probably California at all.

abduhl4y ago

We didn’t do it when it was just a union why should we do it for the citizens of LA?

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/how-onl...

xxpor4y ago

The feds wouldn't have to follow CEQA if they didn't want to. The whole supremacy clause and all that.

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