Party line
Editor:
In his letter of August 24, Reynold Dacon trots out the aviation lobbyists' party line about the airport, which is beginning to sound very threadbare. The
Airport arguments
Editor:
Let me see if I understand the arguments for closing the airport
1) I bought property near the airport and will get a huge increase in my
SMO — As we inch closer to the November election, the Santa Monica Airport is feeling less like an airport and more like a battleground.
Activists on both sides of the
YOUR COLUMN HERE — In the seventies I was a student pilot and I flew out of Santa Monica Airport. I enjoyed my experiences and have a fondness for the airport.
SMO - City Council wasn't ready to pull the trigger on recommendations that would have extended aviation leases at the Santa Monica Airport and raised all leases to market
SMO — City Council will consider raising the rates for tenants of the Santa Monica Airport, some significantly so.
Many tenants — some that serve the aviation community and some that don&
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Deceptive measure
Editor:
The SM City Council recently (7/22/14) voted to approve an Anti-Airport initiative designed to close the SM Airport. It will compete with the Pro-
SMO — Proponents of a pro-Santa Monica Airport ballot measure aren't wasting any time.
A group formed to support the measure, which would put most future changes to
CITY HALL - An aviation community-backed measure and a City Council-backed measure will go head-to-head on the ballot in November.
On Tuesday, council agreed to place the
History research
Editor:
I am carrying out research for a proposed book regarding pilots who lost their lives whilst serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in Britain during WWII.
