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Pilot Zone => Pilot Zone => Topic started by: PeterNSteinmetz on September 24, 2021, 03:37:46 PM

Title: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: PeterNSteinmetz on September 24, 2021, 03:37:46 PM
Certainly good news - https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/september/22/popular-hawaii-airport-gets-extended-lease-on-civil-life
Title: Re: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: Mase on January 10, 2022, 01:38:49 AM
Good.
Title: Re: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: Anthony on January 10, 2022, 04:41:55 AM
Amazing the pressure smaller airports are under from development.
Title: Re: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: PeterNSteinmetz on January 13, 2022, 06:24:19 PM
Quote from: Anthony on January 10, 2022, 04:41:55 AM
Amazing the pressure smaller airports are under from development.
The land becomes valuable to developers who then wine and dine and possibly bribe the city council. Doesn’t take much at that level in a lot of cities to affect the political process.
Title: Re: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: Anthony on January 14, 2022, 03:55:54 AM
Quote from: PeterNSteinmetz on January 13, 2022, 06:24:19 PM
The land becomes valuable to developers who then wine and dine and possibly bribe the city council. Doesn’t take much at that level in a lot of cities to affect the political process.

That's exactly what happens. 
Title: Re: Dillingham lease extended
Post by: Username on January 14, 2022, 07:49:23 AM
Quote from: PeterNSteinmetz on January 13, 2022, 06:24:19 PM
The land becomes valuable to developers who then wine and dine and possibly bribe the city council. Doesn’t take much at that level in a lot of cities to affect the political process.
It's truly amazing how little it takes to affect politics at the local level.  I guess it says a lot about those who want to enter local politics.