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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Flying High on NIMBY Drama

Tonight I am headed to Kamiak High School in Mukilteo for research on my term project in Planning. The FAA and SnoCo are holding their 3rd and final public comments hearing regarding commercial service at Paine Field. The last two meetings have been heated with dozens of NIMBY's booing those who support adding commercial flights to the airport.

In the Environmental Planning world, a NIMBY is someone who opposes a public project on the Not In My Back Yard argument. During some of my research today, I scrolled down the HeraldNet airport story to read some of the comments and found a gem:

N(aive)
I(nsular)
M(ukilteo)
B(ombastic)
Y(uppies)

Tonight's going to be a dramatic showdown. I can't wait.

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