December 5, 2007
HOW THE A380 IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DEMOCRACY:
Locals rise up against proposed airport expansion in Siena (Elisabetta Povoledo, December 4, 2007, IHT)
Plans to bring this city into the jet age with the expansion of its small airport are being contested by an embattled group of citizens who say that Siena is doing fine, just as it is.Posted by Orrin Judd at December 5, 2007 5:07 PMThe last thing these locals want are an additional half-million odd tourists that the backers of the airport predict would be landing in Siena by 2020.
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This similar to what Mayor Daley is doing in Chicago.
Posted by: Bruno at December 5, 2007 9:49 PM
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