So the battle to increase the size of John Wayne Airport has been very subtle. A couple of words here and there by the Newport City Council, County Supervisor Moorlach got involved a bit, and the record passenger loads getting broken, every month.Now, the Los Angeles Times has decided to join the fight with this article.
They even got Airport Director Alan Murphy to say that expansion is inevitable;
"We only have 14 gates, and we just can't handle that many passengers," airport director Alan Murphy said, adding that maintenance and baggage handling were suffering. "Our passenger levels are the highest ever."
and
"The airport's infrastructure can't take it anymore," Murphy said, explaining the pressing need for the expansion, which will be mostly funded by airport revenue and bonds."
Then Newport Beach City Manager Homer Bludau sank the City, and discredited AirFair and the Airport Working Group's efforts by saying;
"My nervousness will start Jan. 1, 2016, when the agreement goes away..."
AirFair and AWG are working extremely hard RIGHT NOW to make sure John Wayne Airport doesn't expand and Homer won't start getting nervous until the agreement expires???
Is that like saying not to worry about working on making a marriage work until after she files for divorce?
Nice proactive thinking Homer. I guess this isn't important enough for our City Manager to start thinking about for another 9 years?
The City Council may want to wake up their City Manager on this ticking time bomb before it's too late.
Please get involved now, and hopefully our City Council will follow with NEW negotiations, specifically regarding Passenger Limits and the Curfew.
AirFair - http://www.jwairfair.com/
Airport Working Group - http://www.eltoronow.org/
I sure hope Homer was misquoted...or is that LA Times provided picture the first flight Homer will take out of town when we get the John Wayne International Airport.
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