Posted on 10/22/2010 12:36:22 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
The White House appears to be going to great lengths to prevent traffic tie-ups from President Obama's visit to Southern California on Friday by transporting him to two events on the Marine One helicopter rather than on local roads.
Obama touched down at LAX on Friday and was whisked by the helicopter to USC for a speech and rally. The chopper was set to land at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. After his USC event, he was to take Marine One to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, then shuttle by motorcade to the Univision studios in Glendale. The motorcade is expected to jam traffic on the 134 Freeway and Glendale surface streets.
But local law enforcement officials said the use of Marine One will significantly reduce street and freeway congestion. Some law enforcement officials said they cannot recall a time when the helicopter was used as much to get a president around L.A.
After the USC rally, the president is scheduled to visit Glendale to tape an interview with Spanish-language radio host Eddie Piolin, according to the White House.
Glendale police said Friday morning that they anticipate a temporary road closure along Central Avenue near the 134 Freeway, where the Univision facility is located, but CHP said no freeway would be shut for more than a couple of minutes as the presidential motorcade moves through.
Obama is scheduled to arrive in Glendale at 3:25 p.m., leave at 4:05 p.m. and then depart directly for LAX to leave the Los Angeles area.
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Tell me about it his landing at LAX has disrupt all tv programming here in SO CAL
KFI Radio: Spectators were shouting, “He’s in the hood, he’s in the hood!”
Here’s the big question, how did Marine 1 make it to LA? Think of the carbon footprint that cost.
in Glendale to appease the latinos via univision....... wow.
On must’nt travel like a peasant via road.
think about the cost in taxpayer dollars. This is not official business / strictly political campaigning paid for by the tax payers.
He’s worried about the hispanic vote. That, and getting Steve Jobs and Apple to join the global warming/cap and trade ongoing financial scandal.
One can only hope this visit by Barrack Imam Obamadinejad will rankle the hearts of the Libs causing them to cast a vote for conservatives....
... after some poor guy died because of motorcade traffic in Oregon two days earlier.
I think it would be awesome to fly across America in a luxury copter like that.
That was my first thought - Betcha they didn't fly it under its own power from DC to LA.
That was my first thought - Betcha they didn't fly it under its own power from DC to LA.
If it were not an election in 11 days, he’d have not cared a whit about the traffic problems.
It's not a specific vehicle.
(NOT Marine One, but big bird!)
I’m in downtown L.A. at the moment and even the locals here are pissed, especially the libtards I spoke with an hour ago.
Why didn’t they whisk him back to the spaceship that dropped him off?
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