[JYO] Re: Leesburg Airport Director Selection Committee

Wow!  This is a hot issue with the pilots and folks around Leesburg.  I have received over 50 responses of support from you folks regarding my e-mail to the Mayor and Town Council. Some of you just said things like "Good Job" and "Way to go Ed"...  others formulated your own letters to the mayor and council as well. I have listed a couple of the e-mails below:

Ed

P.S. If you do express your views to the Mayor and council, please feel free to copy me on the e-mail.
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Dear Elected Leaders and Government Representatives:
 
I would also like to voice my support of  Mr. Levine's solicitation to you.
 
As a non-pilot, but a Leesburg, VA resident,  I recognize the significant economic value the Leesburg Executive Airport brings to this area. When I was considering relocating here, knowing  your airport was  available was a strong consideration in my decision making process. As I travel throughout the country I tell my clients about the great resource the airport is. So close to IAD (Dulles) but more convenient than any other Northern Virginia local.
 
The airport  attribute, if marketed properly can bring additional logistics and distribution service type  businesses to the area. This could be accomplished without encroaching on land values while supporting the type of extra  tax generating, and  industrial commerce activity that the area so strongly needs and  requires.
 
I strongly advocate for strengthening the Airport area to become self-sufficent. This can only be accomplished by selecting an individual that will represent the city and area aggressively. They also will need to remain impartial  to allow full utilization of this wonderful aviation resource that is available.
 
On another note, as a human resource and logistics professional I am somewhat dismayed to learn that a selection and recruiting committee would not include representatives from the industry the candidates would work with. Without industry input, what confidence do we have the right candidate will  be selected, let alone capable of working with the integrated government (Local, State and Federal) agencies that are involved with the airport?
 
I trust that this concern and message will receive your thorough consideration,. I will be looking forward to witnessing the  appropriate action being taken to remedy this potentially costly situation. 
 
Respectfully submitted
 
M. Pierce
932 Edwards Ferry Road
Suite 37
Leesburg VA 20176
571-233-5287

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Dear Mayor and Council

Ed Levine's polite remarks (below) about sidelining pilots on matters affecting the welfare of the airport is interesting and important, I believe, in a profound way. As a tenant and airport user, I am struck over and over how this otherwise little gem of an airport fails to approach its potential on account of bickering over who gets to steer it. In comparison with two other Virginia airports where I kept my plane inconveniently distanced from my home, it is just short of appalling.

I realize, unfortunately, that living outside the town itself I have little or no say and certainly no vote in such matters. So may I then request submissively that for the benefit of all that this contentious airport be managed a bit more democratically, parallel with the founding principles of our country itself?

I offer that such a move, while it may require humility and generosity, would pay off for the community at large.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Bill Reinecke
Reston, VA
703 471 6799
Hangar C-12 tenant.

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Dear Ed:

I strongly support your concern on having Airport Commissioners or a
representative from the aviation community on the interview panel for the
position of airport director.

Mr. Noe retains the right for final selection, but I believe that he is wrong
in this and other instances whereby he does not include representatives of the
airport commission or aviation community to provide input in the selection
process.

Thank you for your e-mail,


Bob Zoldos

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