Auntie Charo's Soapbox

KUAM's Mindy Fothergil reported last night that:"GIAA will receive a minimum of $105,000 a year through the agreement, or a percentage of gross sales. Airport officials say the new contractor has plans to finance a new parking lot system and upgrade the current facilities. The new system will also feature automated pay, valet and long-term parking and license plate recognition. Airport board of directors chairman Frank Blas says the agency realized that it could capture lost revenue and improve the parking lot facilities. In the past the Airport lost nearly $118,000 annually, with Airport personnel handling the operations. "
If it lost $118,000 it means that if we could hire honest and reliable people and someone that can account for the money on a daily or weekly basis, the airport would make more money. If Pac-Air is willing to take over the operation, it means that the company knows how to manage its employees and knows how to manage the handling of money and making sure that they get what's theirs and not vice versa. Unlike the agencies at GPA, GWA and GTA that in the past have had their cashiers pocket the money from rate payers. Outsourcing is a wonderful idea when the agency isn't in a position to win at something...in this case, I think the agency could have fired the employees and put someone in their place and made back the money over the years. The tour buses aren't going to stop picking up passengers and people aren't going to stop needing parking places. What the airport is doing is giving Pac-Air a place to do business and make money out of the taxpayer's parking lot...in my humble opinion!