New Truckee Airport Facebook page lacks information on the airport’s $4.5 million tax subsidy, increasing jet noise or plans to help buy a hobby plane using public money. The Truckee Tahoe Airport, one of the most dangerous general aviation airports in the United States, is located near the downtown area of the mountain resort town…
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Commentary By Ted Lipien Residents raise aviation safety and plane noise concerns in asking Truckee Airport Board to acquire open space land At the April 22, 2015 Truckee Tahoe Airport District board meeting, Truckee residents, including several local pilots, raised aviation safety, plane noise, and overdevelopment concerns in asking board members to consider open space…
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Commentary By Ted Lipien Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board Director Tom Van Berkem Truckee Tahoe Airport Board Director Tom Van Berkem revealed at recent board meetings that he has been getting more complaints from his neighbors at Northstar, as well as from Truckee residents who approach him at local Safeway and Save Mart stores, about…
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Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary More Development Approved for Truckee, Local Residents’ Concerns Ignored at Town Council Meeting By Ted Lipien MARCH 24, 2015 Town of Truckee Mayor Alicia Barr and Council members Carolyn Wallace Dee, Morgan Goodwin, and Patrick Flora ignored concerns about overdevelopment, traffic congestion, risk of plane crashes, air pollution and other safety…
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Commentary Public Sees Bullying in Truckee Airport Boardroom By Ted Lipien Truckee Tahoe Airport District Board Directors Mary Hetherington and Tom Van Berkem faced by Board President John Jones and Director James Morrison, Northstar California, February 12, 2015. Public sees bullying in Truckee Tahoe Airport boardroom, a pro-evironment airport board director said. What I saw…
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Commentary By Ted Lipien JetSuite Plane at Truckee Airport. JetSuite is one of several companies offering semi-commercial plane travel to Truckee for affluent travelers who seem unconcerned about the damage private jets do to the quality of life of local residents and the environment. EcoTruckee.org Public Domain Photo by Ted Lipien Call to Scrap 2004…
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Town of Truckee Concerned About Squaw Valley Development
Eco Truckee Tahoe Commentary Town of Truckee Concerned About Squaw Valley Development By Ted Lipien At their July 14, 2015 meeting, three members of the Town of Truckee Council expressed deep concerns about water, traffic, and housing impacts on the town and its citizens in response to the Village at Squaw Valley Specific Plan Draft…
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