On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:32:58 -0500, "Travis Marlatte"
wrote:

But it sounds like it is the municipality protecting the federal funding,

They aren't. They may think so though.

right? If the funding was provided with stipulations that the funds be used
for only aviation related activities, then that is being passed on to the
leasors as a restriction.

The feds only care about the airport, not the hangars...as long as
what you have in there is legal.


The problem is with the stipulations of the funding. As one of the "We the
people" I don't mind subsidizing airports and hangars as long as they are
used for aviation related purposes. I also don't mind someone storing their
boat or other non-aviation related stuff in the hangar - as long as it is
also used as a hangar.

But, if someone wants to use the hangar that was built with aviation
subsidies that I provided as merely a storage shed, I gotta a problem with

You can get subsidies for building hangars?
All the hangars here were built with either city or private money. No
fed funds were available.

dat. There are lots of public storage facilities that they can use (and
probably pay more per square foot).

The feds would probably have a problem with the airport being used as
and renting public storage facilities. Although, any money brought in
from ... say renting open land out for parking for near by events is
permissible as long as the money goes to the airport fund. It can not
go into the general fund.