Reply #5: I really don't understand what they think they're doing. [View All]

[Xithras]

The Marines own Miramar. The Marines have already said, flat out and point blank, that they will NOT even CONSIDER sharing the airbase (they would need to maintain tower control and have the right to shut the runway down to civilan traffic whenever needed, for as long as needed, and that's not something the airlines will deal with). No local or state government has the power to override that decision because it's a federal facility. Miramar cannot be annexed to the city, it cannot be condemned, and it cannot be taken by eminent domain.

It would literally take an act of Congress to make this airport a reality, and there is almost no support at the federal level for what they are trying to do here. Putting the airport at Miramar is not going to happen. These putzes knew that before they selected the site, it was reaffirmed AFTER they selected the site, and yet they are still spending tons of money "planning" this new airport? Why?!?!?!