Last Tues, I received an email from one of our town board candidates about the endorsement interview at the East End Independent (a rag, but immaterial). The email — “Here’s a tidbit” — was about her Republican opponents idea to permit large carriers to land at Gabreski Airport. Gabreski is a small airport that houses a NYS Air Natl Guard unit. Most thoughts about developing it concern bringing in high tech or natl security industries, not giving rights to 747s to land here.
Already people complain about air traffic noise …mostly caused by helicopters with Goldman Sachs written on the side.
Gabreski is located about 5 miles from my house and some small aircraft pass over my house, not often, but during the summer about 3 planes a day.
I respond to the email saying, “can we cook up a flyer, I’ll distribute it to the neighborhoods closest to the airport.” I mention this to Ms LI Mike and she says…”Ahhh, Gabreski International Airport?” I mention this to the camapign, so they put together a flyer with the headline…”Nonstop Flights Gabreski to Paris, Anyone?”
The rest of the flyer outlines their proposal and our, more down to earth, proposals for Gabreski.
We’ve been walking around the flyer for the past few days.
winterbanyan
Great flyer, Mike. I can’t imagine anyone living there wants that kind of traffic overhead. On the rare occasions they shift the flight path out of TPA it can be a little unnerving to hear those roars overhead. I can’t imagine living with them constantly.
It’s one thing to move into a neighborhood where you’ve already got a big airport shuttling flights overhead, another entirely to turn a small airport into a big one. I can’t imagine any of your neighbors want that.
Well, except for those riding in the Goldman Sachs helicopters. OTOH, it would kill their property values.
NCrissieB
Thank you for your activism, Mike. That sounds like a very clever flyer. I hope it will help highlight the difference between “we care about the community” and “we care about big airlines.”
winterbanyan
My contributions over the last week have largely been contributions and letter-writing. I lost count of the congressmen and senators I carped to, most of whom won’t listen because I’m not in their districts. Not that the GOPers in whose district I live listen any better.
Volunteered for the Bill Nelson campaign. Given my limited time, not sure how much I can do, but “have telephone, can dial.”
NCrissieB
Thank you for your activism, winterbanyan. “Have telephone, can dial” is one of the most useful ways to help a candidate. 🙂
LI Mike
What exactly is the Nelson campaign doing now, Winter?
winterbanyan
Ramping up, basically. They need a lot more money, and have just started to gather up volunteers. Nelson himself has been writing a lot of widely published editorials about GOP plans to cut social security, etc.
Since he’s facing 50 million dollars from Rove for attack ads, this could get ugly. He’s definitely one of the targeted seats. Interestingly, he still maintains a considerable lead in current polls, and considering he’s taken up the banner of fighting for jobs, social security, and other issues important to FL voters, he should maintain that lead if he can counter the attack dogs. And if he can get the DOJ to go after our new voter law. An awful lot of people in this state stand to be disenfranchised.
sjterrid
On Saturday I went to a phone bank to GOTV for my neighboring district’s candidates that are running for Mayor and City Council. I’m planning to make calls again tomorrow afternoon.
