Arizona Has the Same Airport Neighbor Problems

By Gina Marie Lauchner Residents? Complaints Are Louder Than Scottsdale Airport Noise
By Gina Marie Lauchner

There are worse things than the noise from coming from airplanes. Bombs exploding, children crying, gunfire, sirens, nails on a chalkboard?.What might be even worse than that, though, are the thousands of grievances filed by Scottsdale residents about noise at Scottsdale Airport (SDL). Worse, because complaining has become an epidemic. It is contagious, and it?s spreading like wildfire.

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Taft Airport- City Council Hires Non-Biased Attorney

Wednesday, August 3, 2005
City hires attorney for Airport issue
By Doug Keeler
The Taft (CA) Midway Driller

The city is bringing in an outside attorney to see if it can settle a dispute between a development company and airport officials over a proposed 31-home development in Taft.

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LAX Airport Panel Nominee Quits Group Which Sued Airport

Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Airport Panel Nominee Quits Group
By Jennifer Oldham
The Los Angeles (CA) Times

A Playa del Rey resident whom Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa nominated to the Airport Commission last week has resigned as president of a community group that sued to challenge the city’s $11-billion modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport.

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Stealth Amendment In Congress Kills Rialto Airport

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Despite efforts to stop it, the “stealth amendment” passed Congress Friday, granting the City of Rialto special dispensation to sell its airport. That amendment had been slipped into the conference negotiations over the massive highway funding bill.

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LAX- Will Expansion Raise Cancer Risk?

Monday, August 1, 2005
LAX Expansion Will Raise Cancer Risk, Study Finds
By Jennifer Oldham
The Los Angeles (CA) Times

Moving the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport 55 feet for safety reasons will expose nearby residents to increased cancer risk and noise over an eight-month period during construction, according to an environmental impact report to be released today.

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