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Government officials attempt to influence aircraft regulations

Original post made on Oct 29, 2014

Palo Alto and other government officials have so far been fighting an uphill battle to decrease airplane noise over their cities. For nearly 20 years, Palo Alto officials have been trying to join the San Francisco International Airport Community Roundtable, a group that represents 19 cities within San Mateo County; San Francisco and San Mateo counties; the San Francisco Airport Commission; and The Association of Governments of San Mateo County Airport Land Use Committee.

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Posted by concernedresident1
a resident of another community
on Oct 29, 2014 at 7:13 pm

Am curious as to why a Palo Alto City Council Member believes Roundtable membership makes any difference?

Have followed the issues for many years-and the FAA "owns the skies". In addition, enourmous funds are invested in the new flight path technologies so even more unlikely to change now than in the past.

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