On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 08:40:31 +1300, george152 wrote:

On 8/03/2015 1:36 a.m., Larry Dighera wrote:

Exactly. Buyers purchase real estate at reduced prices that reflect the
proximity to the airport, and than insist that the airport go away. Such
behavior seems a bit selfish, arrogant and self serving to me.

Those Santa Monica officials who permitted residential development in close
proximity to the airport are guilty of malfeasance in office from my
prospective. They should be prosecuted for that irresponsible behavior.


I've got an idea.
Those complaining of the proximity to the airfield get their property
revalued against properties situated away from the airfield and have to
pay the difference if the airfield shuts down.


Brilliant!

We should all post comments on those pro-airport decommissioning web pages with
something like this:

Owners' of real property located within the sphere of influence of the
Santa Monica Airport may look forward to having the assessed value of their
property increased in the event that the effort to close the airport should
succeed, resulting in their being required to pay increased property taxes.