Ontario fires back at L.A. official in airport control fight

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Ontario officials on Thursday fired back at Los Angeles' airport director, who criticized their recent poll showing a majority of L.A. voters favor transferring control of LA/Ontario International Airport to the Inland Empire city.

After the survey was released Tuesday, Gina Marie Lindsey, the executive director of Los Angeles World Airports, attacked the poll in a news release, saying it was “misleading and an attempt to deflect the truth.”

Lindsey further stated that it was “ridiculous for any governmental body to presume that an airport developed and modernized at the expense of another city is entitled to a ‘transfer’ of that asset.”

In a letter to Lindsey, Ontario officials noted that the poll was conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates based in Santa Monica, a firm used by Los Angeles airport officials in the past. The letter also said Lindsey in September called the company the region’s “premier” public opinion research firm.

The poll is part of a public campaign by Ontario to regain control of the local airport, which is viewed as a major economic engine for struggling Inland counties. Under Los Angeles’ management, LA/Ontario International has lost about a third of its passengers, from a high of 7.2 million in 2007. Los Angeles officials blame the decline on the recession, rather than their management of the facility.

Ontario officials further chided Lindsey for suggesting Los Angeles was entitled to a large payout for the facility, saying airports are normally transferred with minimal cost between public agencies.

Airport documents show Ontario did not sell the airport to Los Angeles when ownership was transferred in 1985. Los Angeles has operated the facility since 1967. Ontario did collect about $4 million from the Los Angeles to settle a dispute involving the operating agreement, records show.

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Photo: An LA/Ontario International Airport passenger terminal. Credit: Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times

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