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Old 25th Jun 2005, 13:08
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Jetrangers in the main for aircraft.

I first heard of this last night.

The date of the bill shows it originating in May.

I have no connection whatsoever to the company(s) involved.

The 10 mile exclusion area is an interesting issue....zoning is usually done by the county government or city government. Past efforts at this using county ordinances were challenged in court and defeated. Now it appears whoever is behind this is using some friendly State Representative to push the issue.

I see this as being very wrong.....there are already Federal Laws, Regulations, and Rules that pertain to overflight of National Parks.

The recent Supreme Court decision you refer to was a 5/4 vote and in my view wrongheaded. That a private interest can be allowed to take away your private property in the "interests" of a governmental unit flys in the face of our belief in private ownership of property. All a developer has to do is say his project will provide more property tax revenue than your home and he can take it under the guise of "public interest". We might as well be living in feudal times again.
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