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Senator Davis Fights For Thousands of Airlines Jobs
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Feb 17, 2012
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/27/3767546/davis-wants-texas-enterprise-fund.html
State and local leaders need to come together to create an incentive package to keep American Airlines from closing its Alliance maintenance base in Fort Worth, state Sen. Wendy Davis said Monday. "I think there is still more room for a conversation," Davis said. "We need to at least sit down and collectively see if there are some other ideas." Davis said she sent letters to Gov. Rick Perry and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, inviting them to join together to create an economic incentive package to save American Airlines jobs in Tarrant County.
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