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Herb Kelleher is still a beloved presence at Southwest Airlines, two years after his death.
The flight attendants on my Southwest flight from Orlando, Fla., to Austin on Jan. 3 all wore a simple button with a face on it that I didn’t recognize immediately.
When I asked one attendant about the pin, she smiled.
“It’s Herb Kelleher, our founder,” she explained.
Co-founder, technically.
The buttons recalled a simpler time at the airline, when Southwest Airlines was making big profits and employees were secure in their jobs and part of a large, happy family.
A group of labor and church leaders, as well as three Chicago aldermen, offered a stinging rebuke Monday of John Catanzara, saying he should no longer lead Chicago’s largest police
A group of labor and church leaders, as well as three Chicago aldermen, offered a stinging rebuke Monday of John Catanzara, saying he should no longer lead Chicago’s largest police union.
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The blame game
When things go wrong in New York City, it’s become second nature to blame Mayor Bill de Blasio, whether or not it’s actually his fault. This is especially true when it comes to public transportation, and the mayor has little to do with its issues, past or present.
The person you should be angry at is Gov. Andrew Cuomo – but you didn’t hear that from me! – since he has far more control than the mayor over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is charged with running and overseeing the city’s public transportation system, including several bridges and tunnels.
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