Posted on 05/28/2010 2:20:21 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
The single runway of a tiny, privately-owned airfield west of Boston suffered severe damage when President Barack Obama paid a visit in April. Now the owner is petitioning the government to fix it.
Marlboro Airport (9B1) proprietor Robert Stetson, 64, tells The Boston Globe that when dozens of heavy SUVs, firetrucks and other security vehicles in the president’s entourage rumbled down his 1,659 ft asphalt runway in a single file, they caused at least $100,000 worth of cracks and damage to the pavement—damage he fears could cause a plane crash.
The President was in town on April 1st to visit emergency workers responding to the state’s worst flooding in decades. Mr. Stetson agreed to allow the President’s swarm of six helicopters—including Marine One—to land at Marlboro, but apparently did not anticipate all the trucks, which are a bit bulkier than the small Cessnas and Pipers which make up most of the field’s traffic.
Reportedly the White House has called Mr. Stetson with contact info for the Secret Service’s Boston field office, but what sort of help he will receive remains to be seen. In the meantime, Stetson has enlisted the help of local politicians
Tennessee has better runways, Zero...if you're into checking out some SERIOUS flooding.
Could be. Or could be Mr. Stetson is going to make the equivalent of a couple of hail pellets buy him a whole new roof. Just sayin’.
I say cut back on Secret Service, FBI and any other “protection”. He doesn’t need that much. Only the President of the United States needs protection.
FWIW
Bull - he’s looking for a handout.
Don’t be fooled.
Actually, he was “in town” to raise money for Coupe Deval. There just happened to be some flooding and emergency workers nearby.
Sorry Mr Stetson but Barry is into tarballs at the moment.
“The President was in town on April 1st...”
April fool!!!
Holy mackerel, I know that airport. We had some old friends who lived nearby, outside of Marlboro, and we have gone right by the airport probably a hundred times over the years.
It’s a tiny private airport that mostly has Piper Cub sized planes on it.
LOL!!!!
He does a lot of this...that way he does not have to use political funds, it is just a coincidence...just like when he went to Freemont, Ca last week to view their solar plant. That visit just coincided with the Boxer campaign dinner.
As they say in law enforcement: There is no such thing as coincidence.
The poor guy will probably have to discuss this with Bill Clinton.
He seems to be NObama’s emmisary on important items these days.
The poor guy will probably have to discuss this with Bill Clinton.
He seems to be NObama’s emmisary on important items these days.
Hey, Obama was just spreading the crack around...
New asphalt damage is easy to identify.
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