Posted on 05/01/2008 9:04:58 AM PDT by george76
A city ordinance that went into effect on Thursday that bars some private jets from using Santa Monica Airport would be grounded under a temporary restraining order sought by federal officials.
Citing "a clear possibility of irreparable harm," attorneys for the U.S. government filed an application for a temporary restraining order ...
Concerned about safety and noise, the Santa Monica City Council approved an ordinance in November that bars jets with approach speeds of greater than 136 mph, including aircraft popular among business executives.
The FAA earlier served the city with a cease-and-desist order challenging the ordinance, contending the city lacks the authority to legally ban jets.
According to court papers, the ban would affect about 20,000 to 30,000 passengers annually and create more congestion and delays at other airports in the Los Angeles area.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxla.com ...
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The FAA has this one in the bag.
Should read FAA has head in bag.
head in bag...
No, perhaps you do.
The FAA is the legally recognized regulatory agency, and it supersedes all local and State acts concerning aviation
Authority is interesting.
Do you recall what happened to an airfield in downtown Chicago? http://forums.s2kca.com/archive/index.php/t-658.html
I am sure that the FAA exercised its regulatory authority in that operation — NOT.
Meigs itself was owned by Chicago, and the federal monies had been repaid, so Chicago could legally close it down, but they did it all wrong.
The FAA did fine the city the maximum allowed fine of 33k,
and also got an additional 1 million that the good citizens of Chicago had to fork back over.
“but because the airport was owned by the City of Chicago and had paid back its federal aviation grants, the courts ruled that Chicago was allowed to close the field.
The FAA fined the city US$33,000 for closing an airport with a charted instrument approach without giving the required 30-day notice.
This was the maximum fine the law allowed at the time.
In the aftermath, the “Meigs Legacy provision” was passed into law, increasing the maximum fine per day from US$1,100 to US$10,000 retroactively.
On September 17, 2006, the city dropped all legal appeals and agreed to pay the $33,000 fine as well as repay $1 million in misappropriated FAA Airport Improvement Program funds that it used to destroy the airfield and build the Northerly Island park.”
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>I am sure that the FAA exercised its regulatory authority in that operation — NOT.
They did all that they could, IMO.
Well, that’s dumb. The city has zero chance of winning this one. And anyone who was fined would never have any penalty upheld if they wanted to fight it. The Santa Monica city council might as well have decided to start printing its own money.
Bobby Shriver wants to stop his sister and Arnold from landing ?
A family feud ?
Arnold the pollution pig should be shut down. He flies to SAC three times a week and pays Algore $5 a week in carbon credits.
Schwarzenegger- The Green Governor! At least according to Time or Newsweak (I cannot remember). Here we have a clown who bought into the global warming cult. Yet he commutes daily on a Gulfstream from L.A. to Sacramento producing an amount of carbon that the average family produces in a year. Major league hypocrite. Major league dunce. Not a conservative in any sense of the word. The ONLY good thing about Arnold is that he kept someone worse from becoming governor.
The Peoples Republic of Santa Monica strikes again. :’) Thanks geo.
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