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Port Authority Boss Agrees With Trump: LaGuardia's A Dump
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 18, 2011
Modified Apr 18, 2011
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Sure, La Guardia isn't as nice as say, JFK, Newark, Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, but is it a "Third World Airport," as fake-haired vulgarian Donald Trump claimed it was yesterday? It sure is, according to someone who would know: Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward told the Daily News, "This is recently the only thing he's actually been somewhat right about." Oh REALLY? What about his clear-eyed assessment of the Libyan situation? And we look ghastly every morning before we apply Trump's patented QuikStik (the searing pain means it's working!).
Ward noted that "the central terminal at LaGuardia clearly needs to be rebuilt…and we have been postponing that project for seven, eight years" due to budgetary concerns. Obviously, if Trump Airlines were still around ("In the event of an emergency, your seat cushion doubles as a spray-tan device") we doubt he'd be dissing the airport. La Guardia Cinnabon Employees Local #299, rise up, defend your home!
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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