Originally Posted by
init4fun
In my poll thread about district flying sites , Tim J told me that Lawrence Tougas was instrumental in almost getting a west coast site built , except that some rare spotted woodpecker or something like that lived on the land that was under consideration and squashed the plan . Well , just the thought that Mr. Tougas IS so forward thinking to advocate for a regional flying site makes me want to take a second look at him before I go casting my ballot . Funny , in the beginning of all the election talk I said that it was my belief that any of the 4 candidates would make a fine AMA President , and the more good things I see each of them advocate for the more it reaffirms my belief that we really are lucky to have 4 very good candidates to choose from , and that our Country's Presidential election should be as lucky as to have the kind of great choices we've got .....
The flip side to that however is how unpopular Tougas seems to be in his own district. Not a lot of good news from his constituents. Most comments I've seen note his failure live up to his campaign promise, and even specifically regarding the flying site issue (failing to know about the ecological issues). His "traditional modeling" campaign promise is a turn off to me, but his articles in MA are pretty positive, and the way he handled himself when he ran for office last time was a positive too.
For the record, I believe Williams is also running on the idea of regional sites, but not buying and maintaining them, rather I think it's a partnership with local clubs.