“MY IDEA ABOUT THE AIRPORT, IN brief, is that I live right next to it, the airport is embedded in an absolutely residential neighborhood. It is surrounded by parks and playgrounds, and it seems to me, what started out as a small airport is becoming a full blown industrial enterprise. I find it terrifying that jets are landing near where my kids are playing. My opinion is that it should simply be shut down altogether. It was a bad idea from the start. If it were a revenue source, there are other ways of making revenue with that land. It is a city owned property that could be used in all kinds of different ways. It could be positive revenue for our residents that might need the tax money. Anything is better than an airport.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 7, 2007. Read the original PDF.