Friday, June 25, 2010
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Opposition to Briscoe Field expansion has made headlines in multiple metro papers. With all due to respect to the few people who live near the airport, a commercial airport in Gwinnett County would be nothing short of a game-changer for our county.
Every city across our nation remotely close to Atlanta’s size has two major airports. We have one, and it’s at least an hour from here on a good day, without traffic. I’d rather drive to Nashville, Chattanooga or Birmingham to fly than navigate to and through Hartsfield-Jackson. Gwinnett needs growth, but good growth. Light rail would just make us more of an extension of Atlanta and not necessarily fuel positive economic growth. An airport would put us on the map and benefit just about every one of us, less the few in the direct flight path. Let’s do this the democratic way — put the facts on the table and put it to vote. I’m predicting a vote of 99 percent yes. — Dustin Greene LawrencevilleMore like this story
- LETTERS: Bigger airport a key addition to making Gwinnett greater ( September 14, 2010 )
- LETTERS: Long trip to Atlanta worth quality of life in Lawrenceville ( August 24, 2010 )
- LETTERS: Other nearby areas are better suited for private airport than Briscoe ( August 10, 2010 )
- LETTERS: Cited airports are reasons to find other ways to grow economy ( April 26, 2011 )
- Airport foes remind BOC of concerns ( February 22, 2011 )
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