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Tammie,

Your comments are unfortunately a difficult reality. All this hardship over an antiquated mathematical formula of thrust vs weight of a 737-300 and the notion of "speculation" that business will follow. You have to understand that these decisions were made by elected officials who had some personal gain in the matter. In the case of our mayor, he has sold out the residents of this city so many times that it is impossible to keep track of. If you are not aware of the numbers, since the major airport expansion of 2008, ( of which I was the structural inspector of record) flights are down 31%. This runway expansion project was based upon the take off distance of aircraft that no longer use the engines that were used in the formula to determine take off distance, (thrust vs weight) As a licensed pilot I have a bit of knowledge on the subject.

The neighborhood and its generations of families that were raised there, have been displaced by a mayor and and a political machine that sold us all out for the opportunity of personal gain somewhere in the future. Sad but true.