jimntx
Veteran
What a crock statement! Ask Wal-Mart that paragon of free enterprise about the store they wanted to build in Dallas, but near one edge of Highland Park. The Dallas City Council denied them a permit because of objections from HP residents. Ask the oil companies about the retired folk who mostly vote Republican on the east coast of Florida--ably assisted by their governor, who I believe is named Bush--who blocked oil drilling off the coast of Florida, though they thought it was ok for it to continue off the coasts of all the other Gulf states.KCFlyer said:Odd, I thought NIMBY's were liberals.
White Rock is in East Dallas on the other side of downtown from Love. I almost felt the need to duck the other day on Lemmon Avenue as a SW flight passed over on final approach. Lemmon Avenue from North and west of Oaklawn almost to Love Field forms the southwestern boundary of HP. The planes tend to be on the HP side of Lemmon on approach.KCFlyer said:The 200's will be gone soon, and from what I've seen, approaches to runway 13 bring the Southwest jets in over the White Rock area, where truth be told, you see them more than hear them.
I think it is pretty obvious in this day and age that proof--such as noise tests--don't carry much weight against major contributions. (And, I'm not exempting the Dems here either. A pox on both their houses.) You can prove all you want, but if the good, major donation people of HP don't want more flights at Love Field, there won't be more flights--at least for the next 4 years.
Besides, Kelly's argument about providing competition for the people of Dallas is specious. If he wanted to provide "competition" he would move his long-haul flights to DFW, or accept a rise in landing fees and gate rentals at Love to equal the charges at DFW. He doesn't want competition. He wants unfair advantage. He's worried about unused gates at Love when there is about to be an unused terminal at DFW. The fiscal health of the city of Dallas is a lot more threatened by that lack of use than by a few unused gates at Love.