The following articles relating to SMO appeared in the press during June 2012. SMO… Relocation Plan For Flight Schools Nose Dives (Santa Monica Mirror, June 29, 2012)FAA not objecting to flight school payments (Santa Monica Daily Press, June 29, 2012)Santa…
Airport Commission Candidates
The list of applicants for the vacant Airport Commission post is definitely looking like aviation advocates have mobilized, and are intent on derailing the public advocacy that has characterized the commission to date. If there are any residents around the…
On Rabbits, Carrots, Sticks, and Scaffers
My recent post concerning six foot rabbits made me think about carrots, and that in turn made me think about the City’s recently announced scheme to deal with the noise problem at SMO by paying the flight schools to fly…
Six Foot Rabbit Spotted at SMO
As recent posts on this site have indicated, the community is struggling with the mystery of how it is that despite the on-going public outcry, the city staff and council have done little or nothing about the airport for all…
Visioning with blinkers on
On Tuesday night City chambers were filled to overflowing for item 4-A on the agenda, the motion to approve City staff’s phase III visioning process recommendations following presentation of the MIG consultant’s phase II report. CASMAT (see here) and other…
SMO in the News
The following articles relating to SMO have appeared in the press recently. The flawed but on-going visioning process, particularly city staff’s resulting recommendations to the Council (which fly in the face of all visioning results both by the city and…
State Assembly Candidates on Santa Monica Airport
The Santa Monica Daily Press has published the responses to a standard questionnaire by the various candidates for the California State Assembly up for election on June 5, 2012. The SMDP articles (see links below) list the responses to a…