In response to an incredibly short-sided and poorly researched article written by the USA Today
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/09/debate-on-taxing-air-travelers-our-view-ticket-taxes-get-diverted-to-fund-tiny-airfields.html
they did give Craig Fuller, CEO of AOPA a chance to rebut. I wish he had made an even stronger case, as he could have mentioned the many ways in which municipal airports server their community, but at least he had a chance to set the record straight.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/09/opposing-view-small-airports-benefit-all.html
update 9/30/2009:
“It’s very disturbing when a major newspaper like that does not bother to take the time to get the facts straight before they write a major article like this, especially with their nationwide circulation,” Ehlers (Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.)) said during the hearing. “I think we have to speak up against that and make them aware of the situation.”
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/090928usatoday.html?WT.mc_id=ebrief
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