http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress Panama City, Bay County, and the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida Thu, 15 May 2008 14:49:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Airport traffic has declined again in 2007. We are back to 1998 levels, 169,000 passenger enplanements. So much for the growth story, ZERO growth for ten jeu poker virtuelcomment t�l�charger un jeu de pokerpoker a telecharger gratuitementtournoi de poker en lignejeu de poker flashtelecharger jeux poker texasregles poker ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2008/01/27/airport-traffic-has/ This is a draft letter-to-ed or op-ed that I can't seem to edit down enough to get it printed: The panhandle airport's hired ghost-writers have taken to personal slurs on their critics.  In quick-response letters drafted for the airport chairman, we see politicians, government agencies, and Chamber of Commerce publicists as ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/10/01/new-panhandle-airport-boon-or-boondoggle/ A strong majority of pilots oppose the new airport. General aviation is the only robust business at the airport and it is insulting to dismiss it all as "recreational".   Airlines have vacated more gates and airspace than they will need for decades, and one does not have to be a ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/08/09/pilots-and-the-new-airport/ The local press and airport PR crowd has hailed the $72 Million FAA grant for the new airport.  This is a substantial grant, but it is far less than the $95 Million requested, and of lesser financial quality for bonding purposes.  Why?  Because FAA agreed with us critics who questioned ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/05/27/faa-grants-minimum-to-new-airport/ The official traffic report is here. February's report is due March 27 - it will depend on Spring Break traffic... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/03/23/january-traffic-at-pfn-down-85-operations-down-13/ Cross-posted from TalkRadio101 Forum... I am not an opponent of a new airport ever, my career was in airports, but I have been a critic of this plan. The consultants have played this airport board like a violin, billing almost $40Million so far, mostly to "entitle" the "free land", and ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/02/24/airport-cost-trade-offs/ Cross-posted from TalkRadio101 Forum... I wrote the op-ed that started the discussion on the Feb 1 show, and I appreciate the response.  Listeners should understand that I am (or was) an airport professional and I have no axe to grind about growth or economic development.  That said, the claims about stimulation ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/02/24/airport-benefits-and-costs/ I have been posting to the TalkRadio101 Forum since my op-ed in the News-Herald attracted some interest from their listeners. I will cross-post some of the dialog here to preserve a few good points. http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/02/24/lively-discussion-on-the-talkradio101-forum/ I was on from 7:30 AM til 8:30 AM - here's a link to the podcast that will be online for 7 days.   It is the second half of Hour 2 and the first half of Hour 3. http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/02/21/my-appearance-on-talkradio1011-today/ My op-ed in the News Herald has sparked a lot of comment on TalkRadio101, and I have been invited to appear on the show. Host Burnie assures me his frame is "A Closer Look", not "Let's Ridicule a Geezer". If I do it, I intend to go ... http://www.ecoastlife.com/wordpress/2007/02/09/radio-days-talk-radio-101-has-new-hosts-format/