On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:55:53 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

The majority of the employees will be American. Maybe a few execs will
be Arab. I understand that the Dubai company is the largest operator of
port operations in the world. Most ports are leased out to companies.
Do not understand why. Port of Oakland, which I grew up by and dad did
a lot of work on ships there when I was a younger me, is run by the Port
of Oakland. A quasi-government operation. Same as Port of San
Francisco. Why can not NYC run there own port?


Actually, I thought they did. The Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey runs the three major airports, all of the cross Hudson bridges and
tunnels, including the PATH trains, has it's own police force, and, I
believe, owns the ports this UAE company is to run.

http://www.panynj.gov/


All true, but there's still something odd about the current situation. The
Senate (including some of Bush's most typical and automatic Republican
supporters) want to introduce legislation to slow things down a take a
closer look at the deal. But, Bush says he'll veto any bill which meddles
with the purchase of the company. That should strike ANYONE as a bit
strange. It's almost as if he has some sort of personal stake in the
purchase.

He does seem a little out of step on his threaten vetoes. Remember when
he threatened to veto the torture bill?