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- July 2000News
- July 2000Website Direct, July 29, 2000
“Wilson, Smith Hammer Out El Toro Master Lease
Language.”
LA Times, July 29, 2000
“Spitzer's Anti-Airport Bash Doubles as Fund-Raiser
“
OC Register, July 27, 2000
"Concorde crash witnesses tell their tales"
"A town is spared."
Leisure World News July 27, 2000
“Decision on board's anti-airport contribution
appealed to high court”
Associated Press, July 25, 2000
“France Jet Crash Kills at Least 113”
OC Register, July 25, 2000
“Laguna Woods Capital Report”
LA Times, July 25, 2000
“County Hears New Rail Pitch”
“Southland leaders seek support for a proposed regional 'maglev'
system--using magnetic levitation.”
OC Register editorial, July 24, 2000
“Unhealthy feud continues in O.C.”
Contra Costa Times, July 23, 2000
“Airline plans don't fly with neighbors”
“Concord, Livermore airport debates illustrates growth vs. life
quality issues”
Website Direct, July 23, 2000
Next Restoration Advisory Board Meeting
OC Register, July 23, 2000
“House passes El Toro funding”
“A federal appropriations bill includes money to help Orange
County maintain the former military base.”
Website Direct, July 21, 2000
Judge Delays Measure F Hearing to September
Website Direct, July 20, 2000
Board of Supervisors Meeting Produces Mixed Results
Website Direct, July 19, 2000
Family Fun Day - Citizens Celebrating "No Jets
at El Toro
"The Show must go on" and it will at new location
OC Register, July 18, 2000
“Airport foes question old contracts”
“Consultants' pacts now up for renewal may violate Measure F,
they say.”
LA Times editorial, July 16, 2000
“Candor for El Toro”
LA Times, July 16, 2000
“Housing Crunch? Loads of Base Homes Stand By”
Website Direct, July 15, 2000
JWA Aircraft
How Many, How Loud, How Big
OC Register, July 15, 2000
Working to Solve the Ground Access Problem
LA Times, El Toro Insider, July 12, 2000
County Seeks Reality Check With FAA on El Toro
Flight Paths
Website Direct, July 8, 2000, updated July 9
Increasing Load Factors Puts More Passengers on
Same Number of Flights
John Wayne Could Serve Many More But for Artificial Caps
LA Times, July 6, 2000
“A Year Later, El Toro Limps Along”
“ Since the Marines closed the base, the county has made little
headway in its effort to turn it into a commercial airport.”
Saddleback Valley News, July 5, 2000
"Now does anyone else know how to fly this thing?"
Website Direct, July 2, 2000
Base closed one year ago today. Nothing is
flying.
Website Direct, July 1, 2000
Yes on F Campaign Leaders Take Message to Washington
Website Direct, July 1, 2000
A Human Health Risk Assessment of the John Wayne
and Proposed El Toro Airports
(For full articles see L.A. Times at http://www.latimes.com and O.C. Register at http://www.ocregister.com/news/
The Times again calls for a change in makeup of the Local Redevelopment Authority, (LRA), the body that will decide the use to which El Toro is put. The Times writes that "the federal government, with an assist from the congressional delegation", needs to "reconstitute" the Local Redevelopment Authority to make it more representative.
Editor: Right now, the LRA consists of the 5 Orange County Supervisors. It was not always that way. Originally, the El Toro LRA had 9 members, consisting of the 5 Supervisors and 4 elected officials from the adjacent cities that will be most impacted. In 1995, the Board of Supervisors quit that representative group and petitioned the federal government for sole authority over the property. El Toro planning has been a costly disaster ever since.
However, the congressional delegation - and particularly those members who are up for election this year - need to hear that message from the electorate. As a minimum, contact Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Congressman Cox. They should be urged to return authority to the original, fairer, 9 member LRA. Click here for local phone numbers and e-mail links.
Supervisor Tom Wilson reports that he and Board Chairman Chuck Smith have reached an agreement on a lease for the El Toro property that is also acceptable to the Navy. Undersecretary of the Navy Bill Cassidy is quoted as saying, “I was indeed satisfied to learn that two Supervisors from opposing camps were able to reach accord on the Master Lease language. Following final approval by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, I will do all I can to help expedite the process on behalf of the Navy.”
Smith and Wilson plan to jointly present the lease agreement to the Board at their August 1 meeting.
The Lease accommodates the Community Services Programs for non-aviation interim use of the base property. In accordance with Measure F, it does not allow any aviation use during its term. The duration of the lease will be settled at, or prior to the Board meeting.
“Supervisor Todd Spitzer's Aug. 10 tribute to about 60 ‘unsung’ airport opponents and other volunteers boasts a reception, awards presentation and country singer Marc Corey Lee. The event will honor … volunteers who delivered results on behalf of getting Measure F passed but who received little or no media recognition, he said. ‘These are the unsung heroes, like block captains,’ said Spitzer.” List of honorees is posted on this website.
“Sponsors are asked to mail checks to the "Spitzer for Supervisor Committee," making the event a fund-raiser for the 3rd District supervisor. Spitzer said the Aug. 10 event is a harmless attempt to recoup $56,000 for his political campaign, a sum donated to the Safe and Healthy Communities initiative, Measure F, in the late stages of the March election… He said he could have had a simple, boring fund-raiser but decided to have some fun in the summer and at the same time, recognize Measure F volunteers
Editor: The Times article cites some criticism of Spitzer for combining the honoring event with a political fundraiser. This writer disagrees. Spitzer was the elected official who made the largest financial commitment to the Measure F campaign. In addition, he was a frequent speaker on behalf of the initiative and was featured in crucial “Yes on F” mailers and recorded messages countering the jail scare tactics of the No on F campaign.
At a time when one campaign committee in an Irvine local election is blatantly claiming that “Nobody played a bigger role in Measure F’s victory” than its candidate, Spitzer’s often-overlooked role in the victory deserves credit. There is still time to sign up for the event.714-256-4514
"Seconds before the crash, the pilot veered the plane away from the [Gonesse] town center. The people hailed him as a hero who spared their town of 23,000. 'It is clear, according to witnesses… that at the last moment when the plane was about to fly over the hospital and the town, the pilot directed the craft over the field.'"
"A sense of outrage was... simmering in Gonesse, fueled by a long-standing feud over the nearby Charles de Gaulle airport and its rapidly growing air traffic. 'We wonder how many people have to die before the government decides to construct a new airport in a less sensitive area'", said a local leader.
Click here to write to the newspapers or here for the Board of Supervisors about the dangers of an airport in urban areas..
“Although the opinion of a three judge appeals panel upheld a lower
court ruling that Leisure World
board's contribution to an anti-El Toro airport group was legal, their
May 23 ruling is being challenged
in the state supreme court. The original parties to the suit… were
Warren T. Finley, trustee for Leisure World resident Sylvia Henderson,
mother-in-law of Newport Beach developer George Argyros (the major financial
donor to the pro airport cause) and … resident Donald Rez.”
“The case stems from a 1996 contribution of about $550,000 made payable
to Taxpayers for
Responsible Planning to fight plans for a commercial airport at the
former El Toro Marine Base. The
contribution was challenged” by the plaintiffs... “The
appeals court decision was that the boards $542,000 donation to TRP was
legal. The court also said the directors were protected from
personal liability since they felt they were taking an action based on
the best available evidence which they believed was in the best interests
of the residents.”
“The Supreme Court has 60 days to decide whether to hear the case. One of the attorneys for Leisure World's boards, says the state Supreme Court doesn't accept many cases for review and doesn't lightly overturn appeals court rulings especially if there are insufficient grounds for doing so such as those presented in the plaintiffs petition for review.”
“ An Air France Concorde en route to New York crashed outside Paris
shortly after takeoff Tuesday, slamming into a hotel and a restaurant.
At least 113 people were killed [including at least 4 on the ground] when
the charter flight … went down in the first-ever crash of the needle-nosed
supersonic jet.” 
In addition to the four dead, “At least a dozen people were injured at the hotel. The hotel the plane crashed into was in flames, and sections had been reduced to rubble and twisted metal.”
Editor: The crash occurred in farmland about nine miles northeast of Paris. A similar engine failure on takeoff from El Toro might have brought the plane down in a heavily populated area.
“Councilman Bert Hack just returned from Washington D.C. where he campaigned to add seniors to the [federal] policy that safeguards minority and low-income populations from development that would adversely affect health and environment.” Including seniors in this group is one of many tactics being pursued by opponents of an El Toro airport. Planes landing at El Toro would have significant adverse impact on the senior citizens of Leisure World in Laguna Woods.
“Proponents of a futuristic rail system that would use magnetic energy to whisk passengers between Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties at more than 200 mph appealed to the Orange County Transportation Authority for support Monday. Even as OCTA struggles to gain funding for its own light-rail project, an official from the Southern California Assn. of Governments said a "maglev" rail line could soon be built in Southern California with mostly private funds.”
“The first segment of the California maglev system would run … about 38 miles, and link LAX with Ontario International Airport and the former March Air Force Base in Riverside County. If successful, the maglev system would be extended to Orange County, as well as northern Los Angeles County.” Information on the maglev rail line proposal can be found at http://www.calmaglev.org/.
Writing about Measure H - the initiative forcing the County to spend 80 percent of its tobacco settlement money on health care - the Register notes, “The same three supervisors who are opposed to the health care measure – Charles Smith, Jim Silva and Cynthia Coad – are the same supervisors who opposed Measure F. Airport foes are angry at the board majority for the way it tried to force an airport on their communities and they see the health-care issue as another instance where the board majority is at odds with the county. To a large extent, Supervisors Smith, Silva and Coad brought this situation on themselves. Their take no prisoners approach to the airport soured many county residents on their leadership.”
To send a letter to the Editor of the Register about Smith, Silva and Coad, click here.
“What would adding 12 daily commercial airline flights to Contra Costa County [California] mean for the region's way of life? Air service boosters argue it would mark the county's emergence as an economic force to be reckoned with, while residents say such a service would collapse property values and drown neighborhoods in noise and pollution.”
“Countless fiery speeches and city council meetings stretching far into the night have addressed the prospect. In many ways, one of the region's core conflicts -- urban growth vs. residents' quality of life -- has found a home in the airport fight.”
“From 1990 to 1999, Contra Costa grew by 129,410 people, the second highest numeric jump for any county in the Bay Area, according to census figures. The consequences of such unparalleled growth are apparent: more gridlock on freeways and more locally based companies. ‘How much of that traffic is going to Oakland or San Francisco for air service?’” asked an airport supporter.
“The reactions of airport neighbors, however, have been hard to miss. Earlier this month, dozens of residents packed a Livermore City Council meeting, demanding the city turn down [the aviation] offer. The city listened and voted unanimously against the airline.”
The RAB will meet on Wednesday, July 26 at 6:30 PM-9:00 PM at the Irvine City Hall. There will be a discussion of the Irvine desalter groundwater project, an update on radiological assessment and report of the survey status on the closure of underground storage tanks. The public is invited. Minutes of prior meetings are available on-line. See http://www.efdsw.navfac.navy.mil/DEP/ENV/PAGES/eltmin30.htm
“The House of Representatives approved $1.5 million for maintenance at El Toro on Thursday, which likely will lower the cost to the county for public programs at the closed base.” and reduce some of the economic pressure to commence aviation use of the facility.
“County officials are negotiating a master lease with the Navy to continue community services such as stables, recreational vehicle storage and golf… To keep the base open... would have required up to $1.8 million in county general funds. But U.S. Rep. Chris Cox, R-Newport Beach, persuaded his colleagues in the House to include $1.5 million in a Defense Department appropriations bill, which if approved by the Senate and signed into law would allow the county a chance to break even.”
“County officials have said that they believe they can increase revenue at the base through the sale of alcohol at the Officer's Club and the golf course, and possibly by adding programs, increasing fees and renting more base buildings. [Supervisor Tom] Wilson is working on a proposal to rent hundreds of homes at the base for use as affordable housing.
Judge S. James Otero has postponed the hearing on Measure F lawsuits from August 23 to September 11 at 8:30 AM. This is the fourth date for a hearing on the complex case, which he first scheduled to be heard on June 23.
In the interim, Measure F is the law. This week, the Board of Supervisors put off renewing contracts for pro-airport Washington lobbyists because the contracts are disallowed under Measure F spending restrictions and by the judge’s initial temporary ruling. See story below.
Board Chairman Smith has said that there will be no provision for aviation
uses in the El Toro base Master Lease that must be signed with the Navy
by September 2. However, nothing is final until it is signed. With
Measure F in effect, it would be illegal to slip in any wording to permit
aviation use.
In closed session, the Board selected Legislative Liaison Rob Richardson to be the new acting El Toro Reuse Director for six months. Richardson follows Michael Lapin, who took over from Courtney Wiercioch as head of the El Toro Master Development Program. The Board did not renew its contract with Lapin, who incorrectly had predicted that an El Toro EIR would be approved by May 18 of this year.
The Board postponed action on controversial contracts with two Washington lobbyists until August 29 to see how a judge rules on Measure F spending limitations. That ruling is expected on August 23.
A contract for work on the El Toro EIR and the Navy Master Lease was scaled back and then approved.
Charles Griffen, a pro-airport activist, challenged Tom Wilson’s re-appointment of Charles Zoffer, of Laguna Woods, to the Airport Land Use Commission. Supervisor Smith then put off the appointment for further study. This politically risky move will open the door for future challenges of other normally routine Board appointments.
Wilson asked for a continuance, to August 18, of his proposal for study of base housing opportunities.
The No Jets at El Toro Family Fun Day will be held on Saturday August
26 at the Laguna
Niguel Future Skateboard Park site on Alicia Parkway, between Avila
and Aliso Creek Rd., right across from the Chet Holifield Federal Building
. The event is sponsored by Citizens for Safe and Healthy Communities -
Yes on F. Volunteers, contributors, and all friends of Measure F are invited
to attend.
This is a change in location for the event, which originally was planned for the closed El Toro Marine Corp Air Station. After waiting for over three months, Citizens for Safe and Healthy Communities (CSHC) was notified by the Marine that the base could not be used for Family Fun Day. This is the result of the County's long delay in completing a Master Lease with the Department of the Navy.
"We have hit the wall on waiting for El Toro. It would have been great to do it there, but we can celebrate our victories at another location." said Marion Pack, Project Director for Fun Day. "It is over a year since the Marines left, and nothing is flying over El Toro larger than the resident birds. We will try El Toro for future events but the weeds in the cracks on the runways will be taller." continued Pack.
So, with that "On with the Show" spirit, CSHC invites you to dust off those running shoes, oil that bike, and join us. Fun Day activities begin at 9:00 A.M., with registration for Feet First For Our Future, a 5k walk, 10 K run/scooter/ride and a 20 mile cycle ride using the serene Aliso Creek Trail.
The many other family activities will begin 11:00 A.M. including children's games and rides; food and display booths; live music and entertainment. We also expect that some of our favorite people like Tom Wilson, Todd Spitzer, and other elected champions of our cause will be participating in the fun.
There will be great prizes for those who raise the most pledge money. We encourage our friends to begin gathering pledges now by clicking here and printing your pledge sheet on-line.
Pledge sheets also will be available at the Safe and Healthy office at the end of July. Registration is $15, but it will be waived for all participants gathering over $100 in pledges.
For more information or to help, call 949-768-4583. See you on Saturday, August 26th.
“County supervisors may violate Measure F - and a court order - if they vote Thursday to approve several contracts for El Toro consultants, airport opponents said. At issue is whether the contracts before the board are extensions of existing contracts, which could be allowed, or are new contracts, which are banned.”
“In a hearing before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge S. James Otero on May 4, the judge temporarily suspended spending restrictions in Measure F though he took pains to limit the scope of his ruling. ‘It allows the county to expend funds in reference to existing contracts,’ Otero said in a court reporter's transcript. ‘(It) does not allow the county to engage in new contracts.’”
“County officials say the contracts are permitted because they amend existing agreements and because the work to be done is for the general reuse of the base, not an airport. The board will consider a $180,000 contract for the next six months for [two Washington lobbying] firms. Supervisors also will vote on a $107,200 contract for consultants JHTM & Associates and $100,000 for special attorney Mark Mispagel for El Toro work.”
“’If the county's going to push the line, we're going to end up back in court,'' [Supervisor Todd] Spitzer said of the likelihood that the [ETRPA] coalition of cities might sue if the contracts are approved. Supervisor Cynthia Coad, who supports an airport but had adamantly refused to spend money on El Toro until Otero made his ruling, said she will wait to hear from County Counsel Laurence M. Watson before deciding how to vote.” The judge has rescheduled his hearing of the case until August 23.
On the July 20 9:30 AM Board of Supervisors agenda:
In closed session - Appointment of an interim director for the El Toro
LRA.
Item 104. Select P&D Consultants as primary and Scott Fazekas &
Associates as alternate architectural-engineering firms for plan check
services for building permits
Item 118. Approve agreements with Hill & Knowlton and Higgins,
McGovern & Smith, L.L.C. for continuation of advocacy services in Washington,
D.C. regarding MCAS El Toro, 7/20/00 - 12/31/00 Item 119. Ratify amendments
to MCAS El Toro community services lease and cooperative agreement
Item 122. Direct staff to develop a request for qualifications for
affordable housing rehabilitation and management organization to oversee
the renovation and activation of housing units at MCAS El Toro; and return
to the Board for approval by 8/8/00
The Times editorialcalls “the process so badly broken that it needs a complete overhaul.” “There is some wishful thinking at the Hall of Administration about the discredited big international airport plan, and with it, a failure to recognize the deep problems with the county’s approach to base reuse.”
We’ve e-mailed this one to our Congressional delegation, asking for a change in the Local Redevelopment Authority. We urge you to click here to do the same.
“In a neighborhood that once teemed with El Toro military families, Orange County Supervisor Tom Wilson strolled down streets … with row upon row of houses sitting empty.” Wilson wants “to convert thousands of units of base housing into rentable homes for the public and homeless families [but] is facing an uphill struggle. Wilson's proposal to study base housing will be voted on at the board's meeting Thursday.”
“The biggest obstacle for the county is how to allow people in but not permit them to vote for annexation to Irvine, which has proposed taking control of the base as a political maneuver to halt the proposed airport. Under state law, as few as 12 residents living in the unincorporated El Toro area could vote to have Irvine annex their neighborhood. Wilson is walking a political tightrope because he needs the votes of the three pro-airport supervisors who are weighing the need for affordable housing against the need for an airport.”
“Supervisor Cynthia P. Coad, who once lived on the base as a military wife, said she favors Wilson's concept … But she added: ‘Of course the big question is the voting and annexation.’” Click for the entire article.
A 1985 agreement between the County, the City of Newport Beach and two Newport groups established Byzantine rules controlling how many passengers can be served (8.4 million) each year at John Wayne, how many departures are allowed in various noise categories, how much planes can weigh, how many gates can be operated, how many parking spaces are allowed, and how many airplanes can sit on the tarmac overnight. The cumulative effect of all the restrictions is to keep down load factors, force up airfares and keep the airport underutilized.
A new website page summarizes the types of aircraft flown by commercial carriers at JWA, their normal seating capacity, and the noise levels measured as they take off. Airlines could serve more passengers with the same number of flights - by phasing out smaller, older, noisier planes like the MD80 and substituting larger, newer, quieter aircraft. But at John Wayne, where politics and a maze of restrictions interact, one can never be sure.
“The city of Irvine will join the Riverside County Transportation Commission in a feasibility study on building an underground corridor along the Riverside (91) Freeway… The city has indicated a desire to help solve regional traffic problems, especially in airport areas. The city's cost to study the tunnel will come out of its El Toro program fund.”
Editor: Improved traffic flow on the 91 corridor would facilitate access to the former March Air Force Base and its use as a regional airport.
“Foes of an airport planned for the closed El Toro Marine base have gotten incredible mileage out of safety and efficiency concerns raised by the nation's two pilots' unions and the union of air-traffic controllers. Now, county officials want to find out early if those concerns really exist. Board of Supervisors Chairman Chuck Smith said he and other county officials intend to meet at the end of the month with FAA airspace experts in Los Angeles to take their pulse on El Toro's proposed flight paths.”
“’If they're cold to the county's current plans, We'd rather know now than a year from now,’ Smith said. ‘We want them to be involved early.’ [Editor: “Early”?] For six years, the county has planned for planes to land from the south and depart to the north. Pilots' union reps cried foul, saying it compromised safety to have planes departing uphill and into rising terrain, including Loma Ridge to the north. Air-traffic controllers warned of safety concerns and flight delays because northern takeoffs would send planes into the flight paths for other airports.”
Thursday, America West Airlines reported that its latest load factor – percent of its airplane seats that are filled – averaged 77.4 percent. A day earlier, United Airlines reported that its load factor was 79.9 percent. Also, this week, American Airlines announced June load factors of 79.6 percent and Delta reported 82.0 percent. Airlines use sophisticated “capacity management” programs to fill planes, offering promotional fares to leisure travelers to sell seats that are not likely to be taken by high paying business travelers.
Historically, John Wayne Airport load factors have averaged close to 60 percent. (Load factor data for the most recent JWA 1999 “plan year” has not been obtained.) John Wayne is showing improved utilization this year over its poor 1999 results. John Wayne data for the month of June 2000 is not yet published but the airport passenger traffic in May was up 12.5 percent over last year, and up 2.6 percent over the previous May record, set three years ago in 1997.
At John Wayne, airlines are forced to cut back activity to insure that they do not sell more seats than are permitted by an Agreement signed between the county and Newport Beach. The county may withdraw seat allocations to airlines if the load capacity gets above the mid-60 percent level. Consequently, airlines serving John Wayne have less incentive to offer promotional fares to fill seats.
Under the Agreement, only 8.4 million passengers can be served at John Wayne. Typically, airlines serving John Wayne carry about 5 million empty seats each year. Removal of these artificial caps on the number of passengers carried would promote competitive pricing. Many of these empty seats could be sold and more passengers could be served without adding additional flights. Orange County travelers end up paying higher fares under the present arrangement.
“There are weeds poking through the tarmac at El Toro and the county's airport planning process for a commercial airport seems to have reached a point of dysfunction. A year ago, the Marines had packed up and left ... But during that time, airport backers have had to endure a succession of bumps and detours along the airport's planning path, including passage of an anti-airport initiative [Measure F]. While much focus has been on the political warring at many levels, some have noted that it has been an overall lack of professional planning at the county level that has left the airport's future in doubt… In recent months, county airport planning officials have scrambled from crisis to crisis, meeting one deadline while barely having enough time to focus on the next crisis… Airport critics paint a grim picture of the county's ability and potential to convert the base to a commercial airport.”
“In fact, other than the overwhelming passage of Measure F on March 7, the other significant date that airport supporters point to is May 23, when the Board of Supervisors effectively stripped County Executive Officer Jan Mittermeier of control over the massive project by creating a new office to handle the work. It was viewed by [proponents] as the supervisors' boldest move yet to keep the six-year planning process on track after spending $40 million to convert the former Marine base into a commercial airport.”
“Facing a July 1 deadline, the county was forced to ask the Navy for a two-month extension to allow civilian activities such as horse-back riding, RV storage, golfing and child care to continue at the 4,700-acre base. Negotiations are underway between the county and the Navy for a master lease now that the State Lands Commission has transferred police authority over the former base from the Navy to the county, a switch that had been expected in December. In taking over control of El Toro, the county estimates it will post a $1.5-million to $1.8-million loss on it this fiscal year. The goal is to lease parts of the base such as its huge inventory of warehouses, offices, swimming pools and horse stables for commercial and recreational uses. While the county may break even in the second year, profits may not be realized until well into the base's fourth or fifth years under the county's stewardship, a county staffer said.” See cartoon below.
Click
on cartoon to blowup size
No one is hired yet to run El Toro project.
The following is excerpted from the website news of July 2, 1999:
After 50 years of honorable service to our country, MCAS El Toro closes
today. The flags come
down during ceremonies this morning.
The big question is “What now?” Airport advocates hoped to start
commercial cargo flights from the
base this month, and to move FedEx and UPS out of John Wayne, but were
shot down on those plans.
The runways will go quiet. The county says the delay will be until
Spring of 2000. However, airport
opponents, who helped to cause the delay, are working to keep planes
from ever again flying from El
Toro.
The base property belongs to the Navy, and there are many hurdles before the deed can be transferred. Passage of the Safe and Healthy Communities Initiative in March of 2000 is one of several efforts underway to stymie any efforts to build an airport on the land.
Four leaders of Citizens for Safe and Healthy Communities – Yes on F went to Washington last week to deliver a message: “Measure F’s landslide victory means that the citizens of Orange County will not allow El Toro airport to be built.” The grass-roots group impressed upon those that they met that the voters perceive Measure F as an anti-airport mandate.
Bill Kogerman, Chairman of CSHC, was accompanied by Tris Krogius, Denny Harris and Norm Grossman. They met with key elected officials and administrators in the White House, Congress, the FAA, Department of the Navy and other federal agencies.
CSHC remains active in lobbying, litigation and political action against the airport project and in support of Measure F. CSHC is privately funded by contributions from residents. A Family Fun Day and fundraiser is planned for August 26.
Paper presented at the Air &
Waste Management Association's national meeting in Salt Lake
City on June 21st, 2000 by author David Lindberg. The research
was conducted by CH2M Hill,
a subcontractor to P&D Aviation that did the air quality portion
of the El Toro EIR. P&D
Aviation is the county's prime contractor on the El Toro project.
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