Airport politicians
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:55 pm
What's happening up North. Do you have the same problem with the
politicians that we have in Chicago??????
MEIGS: DALEY DROPS SECURITY STORY...
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Wednesday told The Chicago Sun-Times that Daley
"dropped all pretenses" and admitted it was not security concerns that drove
him destroy Meigs field but his intent to turn the airport into a waterfront
park. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge confirmed Daley had not
consulted his department. At the same time, National Air Transportation
Association President James K. Coyne told the House Subcommittee on Aviation
strongly and directly that "Congress must act by condemning the action"
taken by Daley at Meigs. Coyne warned directly that Meigs "could well be the
first in a long line of state and local government actions designed only to
meet personal agendas while ignoring the aviation infrastructure needs of
the nation as a whole." MORE...
QUEBEC TRIES TO BAN SOME PRIVATE STRIPS
While alphabet groups in the U.S. are fighting federal policies they say
give control of the skies to sports interests, the Canadian Owners and
Pilots Association's battle is a horse of a different color. A Quebec
government department that normally deals with agriculture issues is trying
to clip the wings of rural residents. The Commission de Protection du
Territoire Agricole du Quebec, an agricultural land management agency, is
trying to stop Bernard Laferriere from using his rural property as a grass
airstrip. In doing so, it has launched a debate over aviation jurisdiction,
Canadian-style. MORE...
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politicians that we have in Chicago??????
MEIGS: DALEY DROPS SECURITY STORY...
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Wednesday told The Chicago Sun-Times that Daley
"dropped all pretenses" and admitted it was not security concerns that drove
him destroy Meigs field but his intent to turn the airport into a waterfront
park. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge confirmed Daley had not
consulted his department. At the same time, National Air Transportation
Association President James K. Coyne told the House Subcommittee on Aviation
strongly and directly that "Congress must act by condemning the action"
taken by Daley at Meigs. Coyne warned directly that Meigs "could well be the
first in a long line of state and local government actions designed only to
meet personal agendas while ignoring the aviation infrastructure needs of
the nation as a whole." MORE...
QUEBEC TRIES TO BAN SOME PRIVATE STRIPS
While alphabet groups in the U.S. are fighting federal policies they say
give control of the skies to sports interests, the Canadian Owners and
Pilots Association's battle is a horse of a different color. A Quebec
government department that normally deals with agriculture issues is trying
to clip the wings of rural residents. The Commission de Protection du
Territoire Agricole du Quebec, an agricultural land management agency, is
trying to stop Bernard Laferriere from using his rural property as a grass
airstrip. In doing so, it has launched a debate over aviation jurisdiction,
Canadian-style. MORE...
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