State 29 blog:
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa has riled Texans by filing a bill in the Senate that would end commercial flights out of Love Field in Dallas within three years and thus evict the airport's main tenant, low-cost Southwest Airlines.
The effect would aid American Airlines, which operates hundreds of flights daily to domestic and international destinations out of competing Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. That includes 14 direct flights between Des Moines and Dallas on regional carrier American Eagle.
Airports in Cedar Rapids and Moline, Ill., also have direct flights to Dallas; the Moline route started a month ago....
A factor that Jane Norman conveniently leaves out in her story is that Harkin's buddy Tom Daschle's wife, Linda, has been a lobbyist for the past couple of decades at Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. One of their major clients is... ta-da... American Airlines! Even Tom Daschle's daughter-in-law, Jill Gimmel Daschle, is a lobbyist at another firm and has done work on behalf of Northwest Airlines.
I'm not saying there's a connection (cough, cough - Ed.), but maybe some muckracking reporter ought to check it out.
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