Noise Survey
Re “Questionnaire About Airports,” Letters to the Valley Edition, April 19.
[Robert] Rodine questions whether a survey sent to Sherman Oaks, Encino and Reseda regarding noise generated by Van Nuys Airport is somehow inappropriate, because I did not survey other areas of my district such as Malibu and Thousand Oaks. He criticizes the survey because “it does not gauge the sentiments of all those in his district after having first informed of the benefits derived from the airports.” This is the first time that I have heard that a survey has propagandized one side of an issue, and then asked the respondents’ positions.
He urges Valley residents to advise elected officials to “stop their crusade to crush our economy by destroying airports.” So far, what we have achieved is a prohibition on the noisiest jets departing from Van Nuys Airport after 10 p.m. I believe that allowing the people of Sherman Oaks, Reseda, Encino and Van Nuys to sleep at night will pay economic dividends.
Brad Sherman, Congressman, 24th District
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