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Blue Angels Ban Grounded Again
Military.com | 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 na?ve 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.
Blue Angels Ban Grounded Again
Military.com | 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 na?ve 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.
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Went there last yearhad a really great time.Blue Angels were awsome and as for the air races incredible.But I do have to say with the attitude to the military there I believe the navy should pull out and go somewhere where the military is appreciated.I lived in marin county for ten years and know san francisco pretty well.After they refused the Marines to make a recruiting video to me that was the last straw.Look at the representive they have down,boxer a reall limo liberal,fienstien a gun hater but carris herself and then there is pelosi thats a real piece mo work.I would rather it went elsewhere and let appreciative peoples reap the financial benefits to the community. 0
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