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.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; < > Hello Tribe, > I got the folowing off the Aeronca list. Seems a fellow group of aviators are > having a little problem that affects all of us. Please take the time to read > it and cast a NO vote and pass this along to any other email group you may be > a member of. Lets see what us Tcraft drivers can do to THIS poll. Remember, > It may be your airport next. > Thanks, > Terry > N27446 / N3639Z > > Hi Guys: > > Please pardon this crass appeal, but we could use some support for our > airport here in Steamboat Springs, CO and, as this is a numbers game, I > figured SOG would be a good bet as a number of you have used our airport or > are planning on coming here one day for soaring. > > As those of you who get AOPA Pilot magazine may have seen, Susan and I, as > well as all pilots who use Steamboat Springs Airport, are in a fight to > preserve the Steamboat Airport from the nefarious forces of local politics. > The goal of our opponents is to close the airport, into which the federal > gov't has put more than $28 million, and make more efficient use of the > land for the public good. > > The issue is this: Local deal makers want to close the airport in order to > either build affordable housing units on it AND/OR to turn the airport into > a drag-strip/race course for the benefit of one local race promoter. We and > the Northwest Colorado Aviators (the local airport users group) have been > waging a 6+ month long effort to convince city council to come out with a > statement supporting the airport out into time. We got this in December. > However, there has also been an effort to build new hangars here. This > effort has been going on for many years. Finally, last Tuesday, city > council approved a 40 year land-lease to the developer of hangars. On the > face of it, this seems to bode well for the airport's continued existence. > HOWEVER, the forces rallied against the airport, although having little > public support, are trying to pull every string they can in order to make > this a lightning rod for public opinion. > > To that end, our local paper has a weekly "Sound Off Question of the Week." > This weeks's question is "did the city council make a mistake committing to > a 40 year lease agreement for hangars?" This question is clearly meant to > foment anti-airport support in the community with the implication being > that the 40 year lease agreement commits the city to keeping the airport > open for 40 years. In addition, most pro-airport efforts to get positive > coverage in the newspaper has been quashed. Gives you some idea of the > "small town politics" we have here. > > SO... to any and all of those of you who wish to support general aviation > and those of you who have made use of or plan to make use of the Steamboat > Springs Airport in the future (remember Motorglider Nationals are here in > June of 2002), we would appreciate you placing a "NO" vote in this poll at > www.steamboatpilot.com/extra/poll.poll. > > It should only take a few minutes of your time and we all could use every > vote against this effort to overturn city council in order to put this > issue to bed once and for all. > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Tim & Susan McAllister > > Subscription; www.taylorcraft.org/links.html > Archive; www.topica.com/lists/luscombe/read > > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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