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Article: Capt. Long Beach. (Long Beach City Manager James C. Hankla)(Interview)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 26, 1997
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Long Beach City Manager James Hankla may be controversial, but no one doubts that he's the man in charge
Imagine the City of Long Beach without the Queen Mary. Long Beach City Manager James C. Hankla tried to do just that - and found the notion dreadful to contemplate.
Hankla led the fight to keep the Queen Mary in town, battling an offer by Japanese investors, who pledged $40 million in repairs for the 1930s-era ocean liner in exchange for sending it to Tokyo Bay for three to five years. The Long Beach City Council instead voted two weeks ago to look for other ways to finance $32 million in repairs for the ship-turned-hotel.
That Hankla's view on the ...