I went to the meeting yesterday at the Airport. I tried to get some of your questions answered and I was interrupted a total of three times by Phyllis on your Civic Association and eventually walked out in order to control myself from really getting ticked and what happened was mild. Special thanks to Lisa Devito for opening her mouth and helping me investigating what is going on. She should be President of the Association. I eventually walked back into the meeting and spoke with Paul Phillips after Phillis and her clan were gone. Paul Phillips is the Director of General Aviation. After speaking with him I do feel that they are willing to work with us pertaining to the changes being made at the Airport. It seems a lot of what is going on may be out of our hands. I am still accumulating information from a friend and will post that information once it is received since that person is one of the few and I do mean few honest Politicians out there. This person is not on the Aviation Board and can only provide us with information as most of what is going on is out of this persons hands. As for the 2nd test I feel it is not valid in my eyes. Not part of a nationally recognized system and done in a controled environment from someone that is a real Engineer. It seems that some of the residents were happy with the 2nd results that showed a 22DB difference but thats okay if you feel that way. This test was not done on any recognized standards but Warren made his point and the airport seemed to listen. Warren Cohen did succeed with the airport pertaining to time and having the run-ups further out. When I tried to talk about the 32 buildings going up. (13 to start) Phyllis of your board interrupted me and felt that it had nothing to do with the meeting at the airport and that it had nothing to do with noise. There will be more planes for those hangers and the planes that are already sitting out there will stay there except for those that are able to purchase or lease those hangers. Gee wiz people if more planes go into those buildings can someone out there tell me if it relates to noise or am I the idiot. As for the Master Plan there is one. I am trying to obtain a copy of that. I found it strange that Phyllis (whatever her last name is) from your Civic Board cut me off three times and once at the Civic meeting when I just wanted to speak for a few minutes and voice the concerns of the neighbors that are surrounding me inclusive of the Tate’s and their boy that posted above. I found out that the reason why the rest of us are being treated like dog dung is because she as well as your other board member are concerned over their park and large Pinellas trail like sidewalk that they want to put along the channel and just outside of the airport. They received $1,000,000.00 from TGH for this project. Due to the size of the walkway that they want it may require the airport to move the fence. Gee no conflict there. I guess I will get to hear a bunch of men wearing womens spandex at 5:00AM chatting as they are riding their bikes by my house. That is more important to the Davis Island Civic Association than anything else or our concerns. Do me a favor vote those people out. I am not against the airport I was just very upset over the first meeting and what was said. I do feel that the airport is willing to work with us but it appears this may be a done deal and I will find out more. I also asked if they could put some plants or something around those buildings and maybe cut down on the amount of the buildings. They stated they would really consider that and I do believe them. It makes me wonder how much more negotiation we had in terms of having less buildings. But because of what you elected to be on your Civic Association it seems that portion may be null and void. By the way.. This will NOT STOP me from going to any more meetings despite Phillis trying to shut the rest of us up. I think at this point we just need to work together because it looks like this may be a done deal. Again my friend is working on additional information and I will post that when it comes in. Sorry about not getting through sooner but I did have email problems. I would really like to hear your thoughts and your questions so I can present them to the proper people. It does not seem like the top two people at the Civic Association don’t give a hoot except for their park but the other people are truly helping. Just vote the proper people out.

I promised all of you I would find out what is going on and I will.
So far Warren sent me an email stating that a 2nd test was performed and that there is now a difference of 22DB. I am in the process of finding out if the person that took the test is a licensed engineer or a real expert pertaining to noise. I would like to see a copy of his resume. I should have more info next week.
Mr. Anderson I travel all over the USA and mostly handle Hurricane losses. Hurricanes, Floyd, Charlie, Francis, Ivan, Katrina, Rita and Wilma just to name a few. Been doing this for fifteen years. Those buildings can also fall apart and we could get debris from those too. They are made out of metal. Just think of them as large mobile homes. Notice what always falls apart first when a storm hits. I do not wish to have that section of land look like warehouse city. A factory City. Maybe there could be a compromise but at this point I’m going to dig deeper into this and I’ll have more info next week. I will be sure to post it. If everything else is being done for “our safety”, I’ll be sure to post the facts as I receive them. Once all of the facts are confirmed than we can all take a vote on this. I just don’t feel like we are being told everything and I’m tired of the attitude that “we can do what we want to do and we were here first”. News as it comes in will be provided.

The airport is a good neighbor, and sensitive development such as extended runways for safety compliance, or additional hangars to protect the airplanes and reduce potential storm debris in the event of a hurricane are povitive steps in my opinion.

I enjoy the stop overs of interesting aircraft during sun-n-fun fly-in week, as well as the Red Barons during Gasparilla. I wish some small commuter airlines operated out of Peter O. Knight so I wouldn’t have to go to TIA all the time when I have to go to Naples or Miami.

I don’t fly, and have no desire to own an airplane, but I do own a boat at Davis Islands Yacht club, and consider the airport a good neighbor. I would much rather have the airport than some large residential development in its location that would increase traffic and further restrict the view and access to the water at the south end of the island.