| Dollar Thrifty purchases Wichita Mid-Continent Airport franchises
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. has acquired the Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Rent A Car in-terminal franchises at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The Thrifty Car Rental location was acquired from Flacks Enterprises LLC, based in Kansas City, Mo. The Dollar Rent A Car operation was acquired from E & J Rental & Leasing Inc., owned by Wichitan Dave Johnson. Since 1995, the Dollar location has been the only locally-owned rental car company at the Mid-Continent Airport. The acquisitions were part of a move to bring franchises under corporate ownership at several major Midwestern airports. .
Tolls Could Fund Brent Spence Bridge Replacement
The groundwork has been laid that could lead to tolls being charged on Kentucky roads to help pay for a Brent Spence Bridge replacement. The Kentucky Senate's Transportation Committee heard testimony Wednesday morning in Frankfort on Senate Bill 7, which was co-sponsored by Senator Dick Roeding of Northern Kentucky. It would create an authority to explore any and all funding solutions to replace the aging double decker span linking Ohio with Kentucky. The bill is being considered because full funding for the $1 billion replacement project isn't likely to come from cash-strapped Washington and fiscally challenged Frankfort. Boone County Judge Executive Gary Moore testified before the committee on behalf of all eight Northern Kentucky Judge-Executives and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
Shared condos losing lustre
Timeshare is not quite the investment that Patricia Uhler had hoped it would be. While companies like Wyndham Worldwide Corp., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Marriott International Inc. are doing great business around the world selling timeshare, Uhler has not been so fortunate. Finding that she has less time and money for vacations than she expected, and with combined maintenance fees climbing to nearly $1,200 a year, Uhler has sought to sell two weeks of timeshare that she had hoped would be a nice investment in prime resort real estate. .
Wiral Sites launches new Auckland travel portal, Guide to Auckland.
The increasing flow of travelers all over the world to various destinations has given rise to unending business opportunities. One, out of these has been directed by Wiral Sites towards giving readers pertinent information for making their trip as pleasant and comfortable as possible. Wiral Sites has launched a new travel portal specifically providing first hand exclusive information to readers for New Zealand. This portal is filled with the kind of necessary information a traveler seeks prior to a tour. The portal has numerous information listings each divided into city wise categories and sections to make the content readable.
It features images and video galleries you can indulge in to find out what you will experience once you reach Auckland. These images capture the true essence of Australia describing virtually what the streets, shopping areas, entertainment spots and culture of the city hold for you.
Obama and Progressive Change
Barack Obama's Plan: As a candidate for the United States Senate in 2002, Obama put his political career on the line to oppose going to war in Iraq, and warned of “an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs, and undetermined consequences." Obama has been a consistent, principled and vocal opponent of the war in Iraq. In 2003 and 2004, he spoke out against the war on the campaign trail; In 2005, he called for a phased withdrawal of our troops; In 2006, he called for a timetable to remove our troops, a political solution within Iraq, and aggressive diplomacy with all of Iraq's neighbors; In January 2007, he introduced legislation in the Senate to remove all of our combat troops from Iraq by March 2008. In September 2007, he laid out a detailed plan for how he will end the war as president.
Obama's Wrang-Wrang
The Atlantic Discovers the American Idea: Kudos to gravy-trainish Atlantic chairman David Bradley for giving an anniversary party so elementally, gracelessly snooty that it transcended its disastrousness to become a powerful parable of social equality! From Gawker (which has video): In a striking display of awful judgment, the VIPs (Arianna Huffington, Moby, the Mayor) were allowed (forced) to mingle on stage. The poors sat in chairs in the auditorium and watched. You can imagine the party planners' thought process: We want to have this exclusive witty cocktail party--but we also want to do something for everyone else. Hey, we'll let them come and watch! That's better than nothing, right? Wrong! Stark, in-your-face snobbish social inegalitarianism makes everyone unhappy--the favored few no less than the masses.
Opinion: iPhone and me: A love story
Though I rampantly text-message, instant-message and e-mail, I'd still rather open my mouth and speak than send a series of virtual messages to have a "conversation." I covered the iPhone launch here in New York in June and didn't quite understand what all the fuss was about, especially as I interviewed people who lined up for days in the broiling heat just to be among the first to buy the gadget. I am a huge fan of Apple products and own several iPods and a PowerBook, but like many others, I didn't plan to buy an iPhone until the price dropped or Apple came out with the product's second wave. When someone gave me an iPhone in late August, I surprised myself by being giddy. I immediately chucked my AT&T-powered Motorola Razr in favor of what would become my new main squeeze.
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