I don't think the leopards have changed their spots. The flight and passenger limits expire Dec. 31, 2005. Newport Beach and county officials are studying ways to extend the current limits, saying they allowed the airport to grow while protecting nearby residents against noise and traffic. Among the actions being considered by the anti-El Toro coalition is suing to challenge any attempts by Newport Beach or the county to extend the John Wayne restrictions. We've done everything we can to try to make it a win-win situation.
Nobody seems to be interested in that concept.
Robert Burnham predicted South County cities would have little success bringing a legal action. Irvine tried to intervene in 1985 over the original agreement, approved by a federal court judge, but was denied, he said. You will not be charged to look for stories, only to retrieve one.