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Federal judge throws out Santa Monica's lawsuit over airport
The effort to close Santa Monica Airport suffered a major setback Thursday when a federal judge threw out the city’s lawsuit that sought to wrest control of the facility from the federal government. U.S. District Judge John F. Walters dismissed the claim that title to the oldest operating airport in Los Angeles County should be returned to the city because the action was brought too late under the statute of limitations. (www.latimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It quite simple. If you don't want an airport in your backyard, don't but a house with an airport in your backyard.
How many times has this scene played out around the country: airports, racetracks, etc.Bluenoses are going to have to suck it up. LOL
How many airports have we seen close and become housing complexes (South Weymouth NAS in Massachusetts)? Now, how many malls have we seen close and become airports (hmmmm, I don't have an example)?
Phoenix Field in Sacramento and another one..name??...just west of Sac Exec closed... Phoenix Field now covered in housing and Ryan? next to exec closed the second the owner died...
Tom, you're correct about Phoenix Field. Minor correction; it was located 25 miles northeast off Exec. Also Natomas Airpark 5 miles southeast of Sac. Intl. No houses yet but only because of the housing crash. There is beginning talk of closing Sac Exec. and if they do, houses will be on the drawing board.
Denver Stapleton, which is now mostly overgrown with other stuff. Of course Denver did have the incredible decency to build a new and better airport to replace it. And far enough out of town that it may take a couple of decades before the bitching about the noise in the neighborhood begins (after somebody, knowing full well that there's a big, busy airport there, builds a housing development right under the approach or departure anyway). Go figure.
There have already been tons of gripes. But houses won't get too much closer. They bought a LOT of land around that airport for a wide buffer.
How about the ultimate grab when the city of Chicago bulldozed Miegs Field because they wanted the lakeshore property for their use as a park. The city stranded several multi-million dollar corporate aircraft that required disassembly to transport them from the airport. There were multiple lawsuits, but in the end the city padded the pockets of Congress and got away with it.
Nearly perfect parallel to the Santa Monica deal. I'd forgotten about Chicago's little lakefront airport.
There are many more vested interests on both sides at Santa Monica.
Also despite some local residents thinking otherwise, Santa Monica isn't the center of its' own universe. The city exists in the urban chaos that I'd greater LA. That Chicagoland is the term referring to tmetro area is indicative of its' central role in the region.
Same. Same. But different.
Also despite some local residents thinking otherwise, Santa Monica isn't the center of its' own universe. The city exists in the urban chaos that I'd greater LA. That Chicagoland is the term referring to tmetro area is indicative of its' central role in the region.
Same. Same. But different.
Miegs was destroyed a long time ago before Osamas, oops, Obamas time but he is carrying on the tradition!!!