I have delayed my opinion of the possibility of Paine Field expansion long enough. We moved to the Lake Serene area 19 years ago, raised our children here, where they graduated from Kamiak High School as real sportsmen and scholars. We love this area, especially the serenity of it.
I am so disappointed in our politicians who recommend airport expansion in spite of their promise to keep the airport local many years ago.
One business owner who favors expansion said that the planes are so much more quiet now, so it will not have that much affect. Then I heard a plane fly over my home and it was very loud. My thought was, “What planet does he live on anyway?” Because he does not live in this area, he is minimizing the impact it will have on our beautiful community.
Money always seems to be the bottom line of every decision, whether Democrat or Republican. What happened to the good of the community, its tax-paying people, and the children who grow up here? What happened to caring about maintaining the quality of the environment, let alone the hit it will take on our property values? What happened to keeping their word? What happened to character, trust and honesty? It’s not right to all of us who bought homes here, believing they would do as they said they would do.
We do not need a commercial airport in what is now a heavily populated, beautiful, serene area. It comes down to dishonesty. It just is not right to do this to a great community of hard-working, middle-class people. We are trying our best to raise responsible, successful young adults who are full of character and will be trustworthy citizens, which is what we should expect our politicians and businessmen to be.
Barbara Eneberg
Lake Serene
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