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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
The decision of the LAA to allow or deny us our federally protected right to operate on the Laconia Municipal Airport will have a significant effect on the local economy.
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No one is denying their “federally protected right” to use the airport. We are attempting to deny them the opportunity to deliberately inconvenience and endanger the rest of the air traffic solely for financial gain. No one objects if they use the facilities and land off-airport. It’s the Noonans who insist they can’t make money if they do it properly.
Allowing skydivers at Laconia WILL have a significant effect on the local economy, however. It will drive away many current visitors and airport customers who spend thousands of dollars every weekend in fuel, rental cars, hotels, meals, etc.
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
An approval to operate will provide an increase in tourists to the area and will also extend the tourist season beyond Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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Ah, c’mon Tom. We weren’t born yesterday. One tiny off road business will have no significant effect on either the local economy or the length of the tourist season.
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
... the $10,000,000+ a year that is allocated to the airport comes from tax payer dollars
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Um, $10M/year? I’m sure the airport commission would love to find out that was true! FYI, the Laconia airport is self-supporting. It does receive (infrequent) grants from the federal government for navaid upgrades, runway resurfacing and other maintenance, but it does
NOT receive anything like 10 million dollars per year.
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Originally Posted by TheNoonans
Our right to pursue a federally protected freedom is non-negotiable. We are pursuing a just cause and plan to see this through to it's logical conclusion.
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A logical conclusion will change your business plans, I hope.