07-12-2010, 12:16 PM
SuxlinkSux Wrote:JB1346--let those towns prosper. I'm not selling out peace and quiet at night and the health of our citizens-- and especially CHILDREN --for a few fat cats to fly closer to their homes in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Highland Park.
What corporations have said: "We can afford for our executives to fly privately so lets locate to the towns abutting Palwaukee?
A: None, unless they're aviation related.
Airport and Link supporters need to tell us a reason why we should be sitting by as our privately-leased airport expands and expands AND EXPANDS. Ask anybody who lives around an airport about quality of life? A: There is none.
I'm writing this because it's OUR future quality of life at stake here. The Links want to move to Florida anyway.
Don't make it sound like a privately leased airport is a bad thing. Private leasing brings in more money than a municipal run operation. Refer to recent news that Mayoy Daly is giving consideration to private leasing of Midway Airport. Given the current economic downturn and dimished revenues to municipalities, officials are forced to think of alternative means and methods of brining in more money without a substantial increase in costs. The burden for maintenance, insurance, FAA compliance, etc. all falls on the lease holder. The municipality simply collects money based on the terms of the lease.
Most residents know exactly what is around them when they move into a neighborhood, regardless of what nuisance may be nearby. I have little sympathy for the person that knowingly moves in adjacent to an airport, railroad, busy road, etc., and then complains about it later.