Comments on: Opportunities Land at Tallahassee Airport

By: NE Moderate

NE Moderate — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 15:36:07 +0000

Hope, you are right on point here as always.

By: It's Complicated

It's Complicated — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:58:50 +0000

“Secrecy” is necessary when competitively negotiating for contracts. It doesn’t have to default to a corruption.

NOT saying that our local government is free of corruption, mind you, just that confidentiality clauses are Standard Operating Procedure for competitive contract negotiations.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:30:43 +0000

Yes and after the salvage they’ll be leftovers nobody wants. 700,000 acres of national Forest right out the back door…. Dumping ground.
Or how about a artificial reef program.

By: Dan Asher

Dan Asher — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 03:04:46 +0000

It’s a publicity stunt so these fools can keep their jobs. Secrecy? Please. TLH cannot maintain any new air service cargo or passenger. The entire thing is fishy. More corruption in Leon county government than in any state in the USA.

Dan

By: Rosemary N. Palmer

Rosemary N. Palmer — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:02:02 +0000

Mr. Hawkins, federal grant assurances require that all money raised at the airport be also spent at the airport. The last time I had personal knowledge, the amount TLH charged the airport to provide utilities, administration, overhead (basically a huge mark up of the actual value of those things required by the airport and set unilaterally) was already at amounts that were nearly indefensible. What it could mean is a reduction in landing fees and the tax that comes from passengers, making it slightly less expensive to fly out of TLH.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:02:12 +0000

Curious about why Tallahassee? The main draw is the airports proximity to I-10 and a quick path for material out of the area.

As for toxic materials, Tallahassee lefties used to talk a big environmental talk (remember Pre-development Buck lake and the Munson Slough areas?). Tallahassee will sweep everything under the rug these days.

All and all, I agree that neither of these projects will see the light of day.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:55:10 +0000

I’d like to know what parcels of land around the airport they will be using for these “projects”.

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:04:55 +0000

When they announce Lockheed, Boeing, or SpaceX I will take notice. Their secretive desperate actions impress no one. We have seen a hastily put together Performing Arts and a $27 million giveaway that was decided in 9 days so they could have a return on their investment (using our tax dollars) in the form of campaign contributions.

This mayor has done nothing but run his re-election campaign since the day he was elected misusing his office to do so. Go look in at the last City Commission meeting and see him dismiss the Congolese; fails to address the housing crisis, the crime crisis, the fentanyl crisis, but is always ready to give away our tax dollars to his special interests.

He is not concerned about any infrastructure or water quality, but overpays those top tier positions at City Hall to cushion his fiefdom.

And his toady City Manager Reese Goad was a good employee back in the day in utilities, but corruption came calling and they wanted an insider as city manager to cover up and continue the corruption.

Sadly, our Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, special interests, and the Seminole BOOsters don’t have a moral compass and these forces work against taxpayers.

By: It’s Complicated

It’s Complicated — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:41:25 +0000

The aircraft coming in for retirement decommissioning will NOT be leaving via a runway, rather, in parts on trucks. Probably no discernible difference for commercial traffic patterns. May generate more general aviation traffic, and likely to result in a dozen 18-wheelers leaving the plant each day. Even that won’t be discernible for most of us.

Sounds like good jobs!

By: David T. Hawkins

David T. Hawkins — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:13:38 +0000

@ JP : My guess will be, “Not Much” considering there are not really that many Flights Coming and Going.