> http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24272250-2862,00.html
>
> I wonder how many of these people have been here since before the airport
> commenced operations? And how many moved there knowing that an airport is
> nearby. In particular how many people moved there since 1978 when that
> fatal
> crash occured?
>

> And how many of these "protestors" have a vested interest in seeing the

> closed and the land opened up to redevelopment?
>

> If they close the airport will they accept a doubling of capital improved
> value
> based rates?
>

> Say they move the airport, or rather build a new one out near Calder or
> somewhere like that, how long before the ever expanding suburbia
> encroaches on
> it and it (and perhaps Calder Raceway) are forced to close?
>

> Look at the likes of JFK, LAX and LGA, three airports smack in the middle
> of
> suburbia that see more operations in a month than what MEL or Essendon
> would see
> in a year. Yet they don't seem to be under threat of closure for "safety
> reasons".
>
> What do the pilots here who may use Essendon or even Moorabin, think of
> this?
>

> The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it
> once.