Santa Monica to close by July 2018?
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Bandit_Driver
Gold Member
Smh. Then the residents will start complaining about the concerts and sporting events being too loud and want those gone. If you intentionally moved near an existing airport you shouldn't be surprised or upset by the noise. You free chose to move there. I hope the FAA denies all their requests...
Surprised that city counsel just hasn't pulled a Meigs type move
Surprised that city counsel just hasn't pulled a Meigs type move
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Two wrinkles. Three, actually, but the first is that there's the court case that says the airport must stay open until 2023, and then there's the other winding its way through the courts that say SMO must stay open in perpetuity (the original airport grant from the Feds).
The penalties for doing a "Daley Crunch" were significantly increased after Meigs, so I'm fairly sure that isn't an option.
There is also a case about the improper diversion of funds from the airport, but that's a separate issue.
Considering the politics of the local area and the Feds, one wonders why the city just doesn't return the land back to the Feds, and let THEM decide what to do with it. Considering the Administration and the local area probably have the same politics, you'd think that would be the path of least resistance to get what they want.
Unless it isn't really about noise, safety and pollution, but the dollars.
Richman
The penalties for doing a "Daley Crunch" were significantly increased after Meigs, so I'm fairly sure that isn't an option.
There is also a case about the improper diversion of funds from the airport, but that's a separate issue.
Considering the politics of the local area and the Feds, one wonders why the city just doesn't return the land back to the Feds, and let THEM decide what to do with it. Considering the Administration and the local area probably have the same politics, you'd think that would be the path of least resistance to get what they want.
Unless it isn't really about noise, safety and pollution, but the dollars.
Richman
knot4u
Repeat Offender
If it closes and gets turned into a park I hope all of the homeless people around the pier take up residence there. We'll see if they prefer people digging through their garbage at 2 am over a little bit of airplane noise. Sad thing is alot of the "kids at the fence" probably come from families that can afford flight training if they're locals.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
Airport has been around since the 1920s. Which means every single anti-SMO dbag houseowner in Santa Monica knew the airport was there along with the associated noise and "risk" of a potential crash.
RDoug
Well-Known Member
That's exactly what it is, in my view. People bought low (relative to Southern California prices) because they're near an airport, and now they want to maximize their resale value at the expense of the airport by removing the one impediment to that goal — the airport. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with that.
A
Adler
Guest
If they do close we don't have to stay above 7000 until SMO and then dive and drive. They should probably create a fix over old SMO called "PANSY" at 3000 and speed 140, NOTAM'ed to recommend gear down flaps full and power pax.
JustinS
Well-Known Member
amorris311
Well-Known Member
They will get a lot of money for their property regardless of the airport. Santa Monica has been a desirable place to live for a long time.
RDoug
Well-Known Member
Yes, but they'lll get a lot more without the presence of the airport. That was my point.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
A rumor that this is all about the local election season for Santa Monica politicians trying to get more votes?
z987k
Well-Known Member
1 - Must be fully configured and final approach speed by PANSY.
Yup. But if they build the low income housing they've proposed, their home values will decrease, significantly. There are plenty of studies out there that show that to be fact. 'Eff'em. Let them have it. You reach a point where the return on investment (fighting to keep it open) isn't worth it anymore.
amorris311
Well-Known Member
I'm fairly confident they will not build low income housing.
amorris311
Well-Known Member
What's that?
amorris311
Well-Known Member
Maybe. There were a few politicians a few years back that said they would fight against the expo line light rail. Just this past May Santa Monica is one of the terminus points.
RDoug
Well-Known Member
Eminent domain — the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. Or, by Supreme Court decree: Eminent domain — The process by which some entrepreneurs get local governments to abuse their eminent domain authority in order to avoid paying the owner what the land is worth.
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
