In article ,
Bob Fry wrote:

"RH" == Ron Hardin writes:

RH The fate of an airport is decided by land prices, in the end.
RH The guy who owns it sells.

Influenced, yes, decided, no. If only land prices decided airports,
why do Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Reid Hillview continue in the SF Bay
Area...why Executive in Sacramento? Why have parks in cities?

The developers have tried every trick in the book to get their hands on
them, too! The favorite game is to incite "citizens' groups" who are
"concerned" about safety, noise and 'rich, white people from the other
side of town'.

In other places the developers have become even more brazen, citing the
"increased tax revenue that *THEY* can help provide.