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Safety issue with PTI control tower?
Not me saying, but airport authority chairman Henry Isaacson as justification for a new $20-$25 million control tower: “There are safety issues involved and if I can convince the FAA…
FAA
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Cato’s Tanner examines the myth of indispensable government programs
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute shares with National Review Online readers his observations about the dubious claim that every government program is “not just successful, but essential.” Here is…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Noonan explores the president’s game
Peggy Noonan‘s latest Wall Street Journal column examines the president’s propensity for playing games, rather than negotiating with congressional critics. The White House is, as always, confident of its strategy:…
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Zoning Scrunches another Good Idea
The Buncombe County Commissioners’ meeting was more dynamic than usual, even though most votes of the expanded and newly bipartisan board were unanimous. Of note was a zoning hearing. Recent…
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Jerry Orr’s latest delusion
Circling back around to a recent UPoR article on the airport’s proposal to build another runway and some terminal upgrades. Going through what Jerry Orr’s talking about point by point:…
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Airport finally gets funding for taxiway extension
Was reading through the minutes from the August Airport Advisory Committee meeting, and included was word that Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has finally gotten federal funding to build the south extension…
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More morons aiming lasers at planes
This time in Myrtle Beach, with the aircraft being a Coast Guard helicopter trying to locate two men that had fallen off a catamaran. Luckily, the two men, Guiseppe Chillico…
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Noise in their heads
Was talking to the owner of a local pest control company recently when he brought up the subject of bed buds. Said they were horrible for what they did to…
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Meanwhile, in California…..
Monmouth Lakes is going bankrupt after a bad deal with a developer: In Mammoth Lakes’s case, its problems are rooted in the 1997 deal with Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition. The…
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There was a time when Democrats cared about government waste
Democrats, RINOs, and liberal commentators are repeating ad nauseum on news shows that the Republican Party has become too extreme. Implicit in their remarks is that the Democratic Party has…
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Family Claims Discrimination on U.S. Airways Flight for Having Too Many Children
What a mess. This boils down to a simple question. How many toddlers should one couple be allowed to bring on a plane? A Davidson family with four kids is claiming they…
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Judge Eagles’ ‘unabashedly political decision’
Greensboro-based federal Judge Catherine Eagles was in the news twice last week. Her more high-profile case was federal criminal charges against former Sen. John Edwards, in which she denied motions…