Posted on 08/14/2007 12:51:09 PM PDT by SmithL
San Francisco's skies are safe for the Blue Angels. A Board of Supervisors committee Monday rejected a measure that would have called for a permanent end to the high-flying, aerobatic show that happens yearly during Fleet Week.
The committee voted 2-1 to table the measure, authored by Supervisor Chris Daly, effectively killing it. But Daly, who cited public safety and noise concerns as his reasons for proposing the ban, promised to continue pushing it.
"We've been lucky here in San Francisco," Daly said, noting that 26 crew members have died in incidents since 1946 when the Navy formed the flight demonstration team.
In April, a Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed during a performance in Beaufort, S.C., killing the pilot, injuring eight people and damaging several homes.
"Think about what would happen if there was a crash in San Francisco. Obviously, there would be significant loss of life beyond losing a pilot," said Daly, who added that the crash in South Carolina prompted him to seek the ban.
But the other members of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee - supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Michela Alioto-Pier - were not convinced, saying that the measure failed to account for the economic impact of visitors who come specifically for the show and noted that no one with expertise about the risks of the event testified at the hearing.
"(The measure) is a little fly-by-night, 'let's do this because we think it might not be safe,' " said Alioto-Pier, who said she was contacted by hundreds of city residents on the issue and most wanted the Blue Angels to stay.
A spokesman for the Navy said the Federal Aviation Administration consults with the Blue Angels on every show about the potential risks of performing certain maneuvers. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Supervisor Chris Daly: “Look at ME! Look how much I CARE!”
Post #5 LOLOLOLOL. That movie rocked.
I was pulling for the moonbats on this one.
Banning the Blue Angels would have opened up a time slot for a pro-America city to enjoy their show.
I work in SF and during the Fleet Week practice (I think it’s always the Friday before the big show) it is so loud, the zooming overhead, that no one can work, really.
I go around the office saying “The sound of freedom!”
The best way to watch the Blue Angels is from a boat on the SF Bay. . .I did that last year—fun!
The same moron is trying to get Michael Savage fired. They also passed a resolution praising Hugo chavez’s commitmen to democracy. I don’t dont know how savage can live out there!!
I’ve heard that Fleet Week in SF is still a very cool event.
-PJ
Yes, far better to endanger thousands of lives and homes and possibly the bridges.
And, no, you can't accuse me of being anti-military. The Blue Angels buzzing the city for fun is not the same thing.
He’s got the pervert / pedophile grin down.
They are not doing it for fun. The Blue Angels is about the most effective recruiting tool the Navy has.
The Frisco board of supes didn’t slap Daly down because they disagree with him. They gave him the public backhand for standing up in a meeting and intimating that Newsom is a crack head.
I would like for my kids to experience it
Looking at that article the guy appears to be such a hothead he can only rise so far and only in an extreme left place like SF.
Daly is married to Sarah Low Daly, whom he met at the World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba
In case you didn't know, the World Youth Festival is (was?) a Communist thing. I'm guessing he doesn't have a big problem with Castro's military, just ours.
He should pray (in a Commie-materialist kind of way) that one of the Blue Angel birds doesn't launch a little GPS-guided present at his house on the way by.
If Daly was so concerned about fatalities how about banning gays? How many have died of AIDS?
I have a suggestion for them, do a flyby of the supervisors house and hit the afterburners...bwahahahahha!
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