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...years, credit unions have grown at about four times the rate of the $8 trillion commercial-banking industry. And as credit unions have steadily consolidated, membership has risen annually, to 83 million clients today. "Banks take the consumer for granted--and for an awful lot of money," says Dan Mica, president of the Credit Union National Association, the industry's largest trade group. "They are tacking on fees and have less interest in serving small businesses than they used to. We're filling the vacuum...
...prefer Nature's more subtle shades, Artists Drive is a nine-mile, one-way winding loop through the Black Mountains offering a serene showcase of volcanic rocks painted in pastels by various minerals: iron-producing reds, pinks, yellows; decomposing mica coloring rocks mint green; manganese supplying the purple. The best panoramic vista on this route is at Dantes View, where the deepest salt basin, tallest mountain, multicolored rocks and swirling sand can be savored from 5,475 ft. high in the Black Mountains...
...says there is no chance the training program will be up and running by that date. Proponents are outraged, claiming that the agency is quietly working to quash the program. "The TSA is trying to make arming pilots more complicated than it is," says Congressman John Mica, the Florida Republican who pushed the bill. "It's not the Manhattan Project...
...possible and that the bill requires only that a program be prepared by Feb. 25. But an agency spokesman admits that the first training class--whenever it gets under way--will have only 48 pilots. The TSA also says it has no money for any classes after that. Mica plans to keep the pressure on. He has introduced a bill to close one loophole and arm pilots of cargo planes too. --By Sally B. Donnelly
...them as federal agents, allowing them to carry guns onboard. However, such a plan is much more dangerous than other, more sensible, alternatives. And Congress can’t seem to figure out what to do. The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, John L. Mica (R-Fl.), who presided over the hearing, was sympathetic to Woerth’s argument. Tom Delay (R-Texas), the House majority whip, however, is more skeptical. According to The New York Times, Delay said, “I don’t want any cowboy pilots going back...