Local control went out a long time ago. In any case, as someone else mentioned, if they accept money from the federal government, there will be strings attached. Also, you could interpret airports as being part of interstate commerce, which is one of only 3 things the federal government, according to the Constitution, should be doing. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kurtzke" <kurtzke@xxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 13:50 Subject: [AIRLINE] Airports: Was: Those clowns near LGB > Several on the List have mentioned the Constitution lately. One principle > of that document is local control, and that applies to location and use of > airports as well as other things.