Al has a reasonable point, but who built the airport at Everett? How long should the feds be able to call the tune? I've been to Burbank, and it seems like stepping into the 1950's. My suspicion/guess was that Burbank was built by/for Lockheed. If you accept federal money for a general aviation airport, does that give the feds the right to turn it into an airport for Southwest, etc. without the locals' assent? Yes, there is emminent domain, but then the affected folks have the right to just compensation. This is a complicated issue: while the framers of the Constitution wanted a central government strong enough to carry out the tasks needed, they, including Hamilton, wanted to limit the powers of the central government. john On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Allan9 wrote: > I'm going to throw two cents worth here. > If you're going to accept 90% Federal funding for an airport/terminal then > you shouldn't restrict the airports usage. If you want to provide 100% > funding then it's your ballpark. Play the game you want by your rules. > Landing fees are designed to pay (in most instances) the airport sponsors > 10% and daily operating costs. > > Al -- John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. Department of Mathematics 278 Buckley Center University of Portland Portland, OR 97203 503-943-7377 kurtzke@xxxxxx