EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN MIND

Aviation is a very specialized industry and requires expertise well outside the interest of anyone not associated with the industry.   It is appalling to the people and the users in the aviation industry those groups like the St. Clair City council believe that they are qualified to operate something as complex as an airport.  They have proved with consistency, that they have no knowledge of aviation or the rules, regulations or Federal Laws that are in place to protect and regulate this industry. 

One of the repeated cries by the council is their obligation to the citizens of St. Clair, which is easy to understand.  That obligation is inclusive of the Federal Obligation to operate the airport for the benefit of the aviation public, and includes the obligation to operate it with in Federal guidelines.  The obligations to the local citizens do not give them the right to intentionally miss-mange a Federally Funded Public Facility in the disguise of their obligation to the local taxpayers.  

The City Council has also demonstrated little or no regard for these Federal Laws.   They have had ample opportunities to become familiar with them, turning down offers by both the FAA and MoDOT aviation to help them become familiar with them.   It is quite clear that the St.Clair City council is not qualified to operate this public funded facility, or that they will ever become qualified to do so. 

The City Council’s lack of the knowledge is so cavernous, and has put them into a position that they may not be able to recover from.   The Council has demonstrated by their actions that this mis-management of this airport is intentional, and this continued course of action can only lead to one form of outcome, SELF- DESTRUCTION!