WHERE DID RON BLUM LEARN HOW TO CLOSE AN AIRPORT?

The decision by Ron Blum to close the airport goes back to the 90’s.  It did not go well; as a matter of fact he lost an election for the mayor’s office over it.  That is probably where the “malice” mentioned in the following post comes from.  Where did the Blum plan come from? Obviously not from the FAA or anyone else in the aviation industry.  He did state that he read about it in the newspaper.   Something along these lines; this is not a quote, it was a few years back, but this basically this was the statement.

 I read in the newspaper about the closing of the Festus Airport, if they can close Festus, I can close St. Clair. 

Hey, guess what, Festus is still there.  There is nothing like sound documented evidence to start a bold new initiative that will have national consequence to the national general aviation Industry, and set a precedence in the future of aviation in this country.  

I also think Ron Blum should also spend more time watching Encore Westerns.  The story line of these old shows is always the same, but they are amazingly similar to the city and the airport.  Someone, usually with ties to politics, tries to take land, a mine, water, oil, or something of value from someone or thing that has a right to it.  And of course they always lose, and in some cases they go to jail.  But in this case the Federal Government and the citizens of the United States are the ones that have the right to the property.   There is much more to this than just running of all the tenants.   Sometimes a newspaper story can leave out some of the more important details.