[Anyone] Airport expansion poll

[T.L. Kett]

Marc Coan is  large internet marketer of aircraft & aviation accessories 
with over 25,000 names in his data base.  See <www.SkyMachines.com>, 
<www.avshop.net> [Aviation Shopping Network], and 
<http://aviastock.com/PRO1025>.

As with all polls, one needs to examine the questions carefully.
How many people responded?  50?  100?  500?  1000?  Were respondents told 
how many people participated, rather than just given percentages?
There is no way to know what percentage of respondents are pilots or 
developers, but the past comments in the EIS show that  there has been a low 
percentage of comments from this particular group.  Most comments come from 
average citizens who raise quality of life issues.  Those results in the 
past have been approximately 85% against expansion; and 15% (mainly 
developers or hotel/resort owners) for.
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As to approval of airport expansion, the EIS offers only 3 "build" 
Alternatives.  You must be in favor of ONE them.  If the survey doesn't make 
that clear, then it is flawed.  There are Taosenos who want some kind of 
crosswinds runway for safety reasons, but are not in favor of any of the 
Alternatives offered by the FAA in the EIS.

Today is the LAST DAY to get your comments faxed in to the FAA.  Comment 
forms are available at Taos Herb or the Library.  You do not need a form, 
however.  Just write a letter.  Take it to either Taos Herb or the Library, 
and they will fax it to the FAA for you.  Remember to put "Taos Regional 
Airport - EIS" on it.

It's not possible to send emails.

There are copies of the EIS at the Library, Town Hall, and Taos Airport.
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "JMaC" <buteonidae at msn.com>
Reply-To: Open Forum for Taos residents <anyone at laplaza.org>
To: "Open Forum for Taos residents" <anyone at laplaza.org>
Subject: [Anyone] Airport expansion poll
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:56:59 -0700


For those who are interested, TaosVotes.com reports that

"An overwhelming majority of respondents (71.6%) stated that they
had looked over the runway expansion plans or the draft EIS.

"An overwhelming majority (73.6%) stated that they definitely or
probably supported the runway construction project."

Cheers,

John McL.
Taos