Lagniappe Mobile Blog

OK, I’ve been hearing all week that “Today’s the Day” for the Northrop/EADS v. Boeing announcement. So I’m skeptical. But I did hear again this a.m. from a quasi-reliable source that it’s going to happen after the stock market closes today and will be a split of the contract between us and them.

I’ve thought all along this baby will eventually be split. It’s too much money and too big an opportunity for Washington to make everyone happy. (Unless you start thinking about how much money is being spent.)

Even a split would be HUGE for Mobile. It gets us into real aerospace production and puts lots of jobs just five minutes from downtown.

If you drive by Bienville Square and see the Chamber of Commerce leadership doing cannonballs into the fountain at about 5 p.m., you’ll know we got it.

Let’s keep our collective fingers crossed.

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