So Tom says "Modern parachutes have accuracy and directional control similar to aircraft". Apparently the chutes of the Golden Knights aren't as good: “
Golden Knight gets stuck on ballpark flagpole”, Army Times, August 2010.
As for the Selectmen, perhaps they were influenced by this very recent incident;
One dead after skydivers collide in Kentucky"
And he says: "We will bring jobs and $1,000,000 of economic stimulus to the area (and we can prove it)."
Please do so. I'm sure we would all like to see the "proof"!