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Airport budget squeaks ahead
Despite a precipitous drop in parking revenues and the loss of American Airlines, Bob Hope Airport managed to squeak ahead of budget projections for fiscal year 2012, according to a report released this week. According to the year-end fiscal numbers...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, American Airlines, Inc., Bob Hope
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In Burbank, Gov. Brown calls out 'shadowy forces' behind opposition to Prop. 30
Gov. Jerry Brown continued to press his case for Proposition 30 on Friday, telling a coalition of business leaders in Burbank that if the tax measure fails, K-12 and higher education will be hit with billions of dollars in funding cuts. Proposition 30...
Tags: Regional Authority, Education, Elections, Colleges and Universities, Economy, Business and Finance
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Schiff, Jennerjahn show contrasting views
From Social Security to abortion, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and his GOP challenger, Phil Jennerjahn, differed on just about everything during a debate at Burbank City Hall Monday night sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank. The...
Tags: National Government, Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Politics
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DeBell Golf Club sees revenue jump
Operating revenues at the long struggling DeBell Golf Club jumped 25% in June compared to the same period last year due to increased revenue from fees, cart rentals and concessions that came in after officials made cuts in professional services and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Economy, Business and Finance, Golf, Sports, Clubs and Associations
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DeBell Golf Club seems headed for the green
A year after the struggling DeBell Golf Club tapped into a $1-million loan designed to pull it out of the red, the course appears to be on the path to financial recovery. The loan was part of a $2-million bailout package approved by the City Council...
Tags: Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Economy, Business and Finance, Google Inc., Golf, Sports
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Ron Kaye: Where are the questions?
Merci beaucoup, Burbank! Call me naïve (I only studied French for a year), but I have a hard time understanding why the Burbank City Council last month approved a private school — Lycee International de Los Angeles — using the city's...Tags: Bill Lockyer, Chevron Corportion, Economy, Business and Finance, Investments, Public Officials
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Why no year-round swim season?
Thanks again to the Burbank Leader for your recent coverage of the Verdugo Pool construction status. Without your continuing stories, how would anyone in Burbank know what is happening with the pools, swimming and aquatics? Perhaps Burbank's new public...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance
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Officials: No audit repeat after Bell scandal
Burbank officials say there are no plans to redo city financial audits performed by the same accounting firm that state regulators claim failed to catch mismanagement at the city of Bell. The state Board of Accountancy filed disciplinary proceedings last...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Economy, Business and Finance, Accounting and Auditing
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City helps French prep school acquire loan
Burbank has agreed to join a state financing authority so that a private French-language prep school can obtain a $12-million tax-exempt loan to revamp a site it plans to use as a school. The move is a rare show of government-backed economic development...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Economy, Business and Finance
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Burbank avoids major pain in closing $1.3M gap to approve new budget
The City Council this week approved Burbank’s $636-million budget after closing a $1.3-million gap — a relatively small wound compared to other cities that have been hit especially hard by the loss of local redevelopment. The $1.3-million...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Meet the 17 applicants for city clerk, city treasurer
When the City Council convenes on June 28 to fill the vacated positions of city clerk and city treasurer, they’ll have 17 applicants representing a wide swath of the local political sphere to choose from. The two spots are typically elected...
Tags: Science and Technology, Corporate Officers, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Bob Hope Airport hikes fees to realign budget
Burbank Bob Hope Airport commissioners approved a budget this week which included a 21% hike in airline landing fees and a decrease in projected parking revenues as the airfield grapples with dropping passenger counts and a lackluster financial picture....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Bob Hope
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