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The comment from Don't Live in St. Clair has been removed.  The local news publication has requested in the past that the blog refrain from using any direct quotes from the newspaper.  An online search for the article using “Enough is Enough” did not produce any hits in the search page for that title, but that does not mean the article does not exist.

The comment started with a reference to the statement that everyone has a right to their opinion.  That is certainly true.  How one forms an opinion and what information is used to do so is also important.  Reliable information on the subject will produce an intelligent opinion.  Rumors and gossip are not reliable information; neither is the biased and one sided information. 

The city has chosen to initiate a process with little or no understanding of the rules that are applicable to the process.  Apparently what the city does not seem to understand, is that these rules are in place to prevent what the city is attempting to do.  The city is boasting that they are breaking new ground in order to correct inequalities in the aviation system, but what they have done is blindly fallen into a maze of Federal Regulations with no hope of ever getting out of.  That is just an opinion

The city is producing the opinion that the future of St. Clair is dependent on retail development, and that this is going to be a cure all for the city.  Every city would jump at the chance to bring in millions of tax dollars to their town, but how realistic is that assumption that this is the answer.  It sounds wonderful, but is it based on sound and solid economic realities?  The city has not promised, or told anyone that these millions in taxes are coming, but instead they have held the numbers up for everyone to see and let them form an opinion based on what?  Nothing!!  What the city has told everyone is that the airport and the tenants are standing in the way of these millions.  What millions?

What should be disturbing to the citizens of St. Clair is that the city leaders might actually believe this will happen, and what should be even more disturbing, is what if they don’t believe it.