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Blue Angels Ban Grounded Again
By Kelly Johnson | September 27, 2007
San Francisco's Supervisor Chris Daly is zero-for-three in his battle to
spoil San Francisco's Fleet Week. Daly's latest resolution to ban the U.S.
Navy's Blue Angels from performing at Fleet Week was rejected by the
city's officials for the third time on Sept. 25, reports the San Jose Mercury
News.
Daly's first attempt at stopping the Blues was rejected in August when the
city's Government Audit and Oversight Committee tabled his measure in a
2-1 vote.
In his second effort, Daly amended his resolution to ban the Navy jets from
flying over heavily populated areas of San Francisco. Daly told the
committee that a plane crash would result in a significant loss of life and
damage to property. The committee disagreed and subsequently rejected
the measure in early September.
Daly's most recent plea restated his safety concerns about the
demonstration team and included pictures of the Blue Angels crash in
Beaufort, S.C. last summer where one of the team's pilots was killed and
eight people on the ground were injured.
Daly asked the committee, "What would happen if this happened over a
heavily populated area like San Francisco?"
Nathan Ballard, spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom, is among several
of the city's officials that support the Blue Angels participation in Fleet
Week and told the San Francisco Chronicle, "We think the FAA is
better qualified to decide the Blue Angels' flight path than Chris Daly is …
Chris Daly is many things, but he's no air traffic controller."
The Beaufort, S.C. incident was the first crash for the Blue Angels in eight
years. The team has had 26 fatalities over the last 60 years.
Blue Angels supporters say passage of this measure would be an insult to
servicemembers and veterans and another black mark against the Bay
Area – a region increasingly viewed by many Americans as woefully naïve
in its bias toward liberal causes. For his part, Mayor Newsom and other
city council members want to keep Fleet Week (and the Blue Angels) in
San Francisco because of the positive economic impact it has on the city
and to show support for our nation's servicemembers.
Fleet Week is scheduled for Oct. 4-9.
This from Military News.....
Charles
By Kelly Johnson | September 27, 2007
San Francisco's Supervisor Chris Daly is zero-for-three in his battle to
spoil San Francisco's Fleet Week. Daly's latest resolution to ban the U.S.
Navy's Blue Angels from performing at Fleet Week was rejected by the
city's officials for the third time on Sept. 25, reports the San Jose Mercury
News.
Daly's first attempt at stopping the Blues was rejected in August when the
city's Government Audit and Oversight Committee tabled his measure in a
2-1 vote.
In his second effort, Daly amended his resolution to ban the Navy jets from
flying over heavily populated areas of San Francisco. Daly told the
committee that a plane crash would result in a significant loss of life and
damage to property. The committee disagreed and subsequently rejected
the measure in early September.
Daly's most recent plea restated his safety concerns about the
demonstration team and included pictures of the Blue Angels crash in
Beaufort, S.C. last summer where one of the team's pilots was killed and
eight people on the ground were injured.
Daly asked the committee, "What would happen if this happened over a
heavily populated area like San Francisco?"
Nathan Ballard, spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom, is among several
of the city's officials that support the Blue Angels participation in Fleet
Week and told the San Francisco Chronicle, "We think the FAA is
better qualified to decide the Blue Angels' flight path than Chris Daly is …
Chris Daly is many things, but he's no air traffic controller."
The Beaufort, S.C. incident was the first crash for the Blue Angels in eight
years. The team has had 26 fatalities over the last 60 years.
Blue Angels supporters say passage of this measure would be an insult to
servicemembers and veterans and another black mark against the Bay
Area – a region increasingly viewed by many Americans as woefully naïve
in its bias toward liberal causes. For his part, Mayor Newsom and other
city council members want to keep Fleet Week (and the Blue Angels) in
San Francisco because of the positive economic impact it has on the city
and to show support for our nation's servicemembers.
Fleet Week is scheduled for Oct. 4-9.
This from Military News.....
Charles
