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Originally Posted by LMich
This is good news. It finally gets DeWitt Township involved in an airport that's always been in their borders, but that they've never helped maintain. The entire tri-county region benefits from the thing, but Lansing and Ingham County were the only ones left on the hook for subsidizing this. This will finally bring some parity:
For statistical purposes, the 425 will actually add land to Lansing for the duration of the agreement as far as the Census Bureau is concerned.
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You seem to have a misunderstanding. It is important to understand the facts. In 1970 the voters in ingham county said yes to an airport. Clinton and eaton residents said no thanks. Now ingham county decided to put the airport outside their jurisdiction. They also passed a vote without thinking about what would happen if Clinton and eaton sad no. Now if they would have been smart they would have made their vote contingent on the other counties.
The fact is that ingham county made this problem, and the support of the airport has nothing to do with Dewitt. It is the counties. Don't blame Dewitt for inghams lack of foresight. The fact is the land use by the airport has not been very valuable because of ingham bad job of managing the airport. In other words Dewitt would have taken in more money if the land would have been a higher use, even ag.
Also Dewitt residents have played the price for the airport. They have to live next to the noise and other issues. They have had to deal with an airport that as never tied to work with it's neighbors. I have been told by airport management we are the airport and we will do what we want. Nice team player!
Now instead focusing on how dewitt brought lansing and the airport to the table, you blame dewitt for something it had no part off. Dewitt could have said the airport has been a horrible team player, and let them fail. But it appears that Dewitt understands from their comments that we must work together for the greater Lansing region.
The airport should be an important economic development tool, it has not, and I am glad that Dewitt and lansing can lead by example. Let's not toss stones at the past, but talking positively about the future. We live and die as a region. Praise people for working together not for what should have been done in the past.