It seems that now all of the candidates are in agreement - they want the airport closed...
Pollies don't want Essendon Airport - Local News - News - General - Moonee Valley Weekly
Pollies don't want Essendon Airport
02 Nov, 2010 01:00 AM
ALL candidates running for the state seat of Essendon have agreed that operations at the Essendon Airport should be phased out.
In a rare agreement cutting across political boundaries, Labor candidate Justin Madden, Greens' Rose Iser and independent Paul Giuliano confirmed they would like to see the airport closed.
The candidates made their stance clear at a public meeting last Thursday.
Organised by the Close Essendon Airport Committee, more than 80 residents attended the meeting and pushed the candidates not just on if they wanted to see the airport shut down but how they would achieve its closure.
CEAC spokeswoman Helen van den Berg said the meeting was a great success.
"Everyone agreed that emergency services was a key issue and they needed to be relocated."
Greens' Iser said she had written to Premier John Brumby and Liberal leader Ted Baillieu asking for commitments from them to make the airport closure issue part of their election platform.
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CEAC and
that woman are back again...
I guess they don't understand what a 99 year lease is. And no suggestions as to where the emergency services might be relocated and how such a relocation might impact on operations.