Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Okaloosa Regional Airport ( Promulgated )

The Okaloosa Regional Airport is finally making an effort to clean-up its' act. The re-write for county ordidance 77-11 is better than nothing but still full of loop-holes and half-ass attempts to cover their own ass. Sorry, for the rude interduction but, good lord this re-write will not fly as is . For example,Article 7 Disqualifications it states "the following list of items will disqualify any driver or employee from operating ground trans portation vehicle at the airport... murder, or attempted murder... arrest... Ricco Act..." come on now, lets get the owners of these companies into this ,too. Do we want to give the owners permission to do what ever they want and make the drivers the fall guy? The introduction of schedule A in regard to fees raises the annual fee from $300.00 to $400.00 for airport shuttles but proposes a fee of only $150.00 for courtesy vehicles. A courtesy vehicle is defined in Article 1 definitions as ... vehicles shall be owned by the off-airport business and operated by employees of the off-airport business. As is this would allow, for example, Sandestin Beach and Golf Resort to permit their trams for a fraction of the cost of a regular shuttle and pick-up at will. THIS IS CLEARLY FAVORTISM TOWARD A SINGLE BUSINESS ENTITY! I do believe this is illegal. Is it not?There are other conflicts within the propose re-write as well. Article 8 pertaing to advertisement on vehicles states companies may pursue advertising on vehicles. Advertisement must be from reputable businesses...However, Article 13 prohibited activities 13.11 Solicitation, advertising or similar activities are prohibited. There are many other examples within this document but to numerous to list here. I would encourage anyone interested in this matter to contact Mr. David Miner (airport administation) or Mr. Sealy (airport director) at 850-651-7160. Let them know your interested and watching. I know I am.

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