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scooterbug44

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Good article - very realistic about everything IMO.

Matt J

SWGB

Where do these people get there statistics.  Yes, PC has about 37,000 people within its city limits, but Bay County has around 150,000 total.  Why not just point out that according to census figures PCB only has about 7,000 residents.  :roll:

goofer

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[quote="SWGB, post: 653063"]Where do these people get there statistics.  Yes, PC has about 37,000 people within its city limits, but Bay County has around 150,000 total.  Why not just point out that according to census figures PCB only has about 7,000 residents.  :roll:[/quote]

SWGB

This is the perfect time to write the NYT that their article is flawed.  Inform them that the pop. is over 150k in the airport's surrounding area.  

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<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="SWGB">Where do these people get there statistics. Yes, PC has about 37,000 people within its city limits, but Bay County has around 150,000 total. Why not just point out that according to census figures PCB only has about 7,000 residents. :roll:</blockquote> 
SWGB 
 
This is the perfect time to write the NYT that their article is flawed. Inform them that the pop. is over 150k in the airport&#039;s surrounding area. 
 
Letters to the Editor 
c/o NY Times 
620 Eighth Ave. 
NY, NY 10018

[quote="SWGB, post: 653063"]Where do these people get there statistics.  Yes, PC has about 37,000 people within its city limits, but Bay County has around 150,000 total.  Why not just point out that according to census figures PCB only has about 7,000 residents.  :roll:[/quote]
"The first new international airport in the United States in more than decade is set to open in May near Panama City, Fla., a community of 37,000 people on the state’s panhandle."

They used PC to give people a geographic reference point - lord knows they won't figure it out just based on the airport name! :roll: They did mention the current airport has 160,000 users a year.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="SWGB">Where do these people get there statistics. Yes, PC has about 37,000 people within its city limits, but Bay County has around 150,000 total. Why not just point out that according to census figures PCB only has about 7,000 residents. :roll:</blockquote>&quot;The first new international airport in the United States in more than decade is set to open in May near Panama City, Fla., a community of 37,000 people on the state’s panhandle.&quot; 
 
They used PC to give people a geographic reference point - lord knows they won&#039;t figure it out just based on the airport name! :roll: They did mention the current airport has 160,000 users a year.

30ashopper

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“Once the airport is completed and constructed, you’ll actually have a net environmental improvement in the area,”
 
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Clear hundreds of acres of indigenous foliage, drain the wetlands, add various pollutants including jet fuel, oil, emissions, human generated waste, and noise pollution, pad entire area with a small environmental easement = "environmental improvement".[/FONT][/COLOR]
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Yeah right!

“Once the airport is completed and constructed, you’ll actually have a net environmental improvement in the area,” 
 
Clear hundreds of acres of indigenous foliage, drain the wetlands, add various pollutants including jet fuel, oil, emissions, human generated waste, and noise pollution, pad entire area with a small environmental easement = &quot;environmental improvement&quot;. 
 
Yeah right!

[quote="30ashopper, post: 653153"]?Once the airport is completed and constructed, you?ll actually have a net environmental improvement in the area,?
 
[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Clear hundreds of acres of indigenous foliage, drain the wetlands, add various pollutants including jet fuel, oil, emissions, human generated waste, and noise pollution, pad entire area with a small environmental easement = "environmental improvement".[/FONT][/COLOR]

Yeah right![/quote]

Just curious as to where you got your degree in environmental science?  All the other folks with said degree seem to agree.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="30ashopper">?Once the airport is completed and constructed, you?ll actually have a net environmental improvement in the area,? 
 
Clear hundreds of acres of indigenous foliage, drain the wetlands, add various pollutants including jet fuel, oil, emissions, human generated waste, and noise pollution, pad entire area with a small environmental easement = &quot;environmental improvement&quot;. 
 
Yeah right!</blockquote> 
Just curious as to where you got your degree in environmental science? All the other folks with said degree seem to agree.

[quote="SWGB, post: 653171"]Just curious as to where you got your degree in environmental science?  All the other folks with said degree seem to agree.[/quote]

You mean the environmentalists who filed at least 2 lawsuits to prevent it from happening?

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="SWGB">Just curious as to where you got your degree in environmental science? All the other folks with said degree seem to agree.</blockquote> 
You mean the environmentalists who filed at least 2 lawsuits to prevent it from happening?

[quote="scooterbug44, post: 653233"]You mean the environmentalists who filed at least 2 lawsuits to prevent it from happening?[/quote]

So if I file a lawsuit I'm in possession of a degree?

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="scooterbug44">You mean the environmentalists who filed at least 2 lawsuits to prevent it from happening?</blockquote> 
So if I file a lawsuit I&#039;m in possession of a degree?

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/realestate/commercial/10airport.html?dbk]Square Feet - New Airport, Northwest Florida Beaches International, to Open - NYTimes.com[/url]

Important article in the NY TIMES.  Publicity, whether good or bad, can't hurt the success of the airport.

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/realestate/commercial/10airport.html?dbk" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Square Feet - New Airport, Northwest Florida Beaches International, to Open - NYTimes.com</a> 
 
Important article in the NY TIMES. Publicity, whether good or bad, can&#039;t hurt the success of the airport.

NY TIMES article on the new airport

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