Extra berth for extra girth
“Previously, we could arrange it so that (customers of size) could have that empty seat next to them. As our planes become more and more full, that becomes more difficult to do.”
Joe Hodas, Frontier Airlines spokesman, as the company considers creating a new policy about how to handle “customers of size.”
Saying no to the Democratic National Convention
“We want to see this convention encourage the city to take the wages and benefits of our lowest-paid workers more seriously.”
Leslie Moody, president of the Denver Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO on a resolution opposing the city’s efforts to host the 2008 Democratic National Convention because the city doesn’t have a unionized hotel to host attendees.
