Airport Proposal
Praise the Lord for Judge Judith McConnell, who recently ruled the Orange County proposal for a huge international airport to replace the El Toro Marine base is badly flawed with much misinformation. We folks in South County are so disturbed about them trying to jam a huge airport on us that if there is a way we can secede from the county, we will try.
Noise, pollution, traffic congestion, crime and danger from crashes will destroy the quiet serenity of South County. Also, Leisure World, a retirement community of 18,000, would be right in front of the runway. We have worked hard all our lives, put our life savings in our final homes and have no income to relocate.
We don’t hear so well, but the noise and vibrations on our hearing aids will ruin our lives. Newport Beach, which doesn’t have an international airport, hates John Wayne Airport so much that they want it closed and their problem dumped on us. March Air Force Base, remotely located and larger, will soon close and could provide a huge “state of the art” international airport. There are several other better proposals for El Toro. Please don’t destroy our lives.
DAVE SCHLENKER
Laguna Hills
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