REPORT ON JOHN WAYNE NOISE
At its regularly scheduled Study Session on 7/8, the City Council will hear a report on John Wayne Airport noise. LINK
While the noise from JWA is an issue, we think there is too much emphasis put on noise and not enough emphasis put on the danger of airplanes and parts of airplanes (like, engines) falling to the ground.
Like thunder, the noise of planes isn't going to kill you. It's that which causes the noise that is the problem.
Cutting back on the noise is a little like ducking and covering to avoid the harm of a nuclear explosion. Again, the noise is not the real problem. It is just a symptom of the real problem.
So, here's our take on this, once again:
1. Air travel is going to continue and it's going to increase.
2. JWA can't safely handle the increase unless it expands.
3. An alternative to JWA has to be found pronto.
4. Desert airports with rail travel from OC to them, are not going to work.
5. A minuscule portion of Camp Pendleton could become a true international airport larger than LAX. This should be the focus of all who want JWA to stop growing. We're in the election season now, and this is a perfect time to get local, state and national politicians talking about building a new airport at Camp Pendleton.
HOW STUDY SESSIONS WORK
City Council Study Sessions are informal meetings where the City Council discusses various issues that may then come up at a future City Council meeting. The Council can't vote on issues at the Study Sessions but the members begin forming opinions at these sessions.
The public is allowed to speak at the start of the meeting about any of the subjects on the agenda. (You can thank the CM PRESS for this because, before we complained, the public wasn't allowed to speak.)
You only get two minutes to speak, so you have to be something of a speed talker if you want to talk about several issues.
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CONCERTS IN THE PARK
Here's the schedule for the concerts in the park. LINK
The first one is this Tuesday, 7/8.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
