River City Writer

I’m in favour of closing the City Centre Airport. While I haven’t blogged about it until now, I’ve made my opinion fairly well known on Twitter and in discussions around the barroom table with friends and family.

My reasons for wanting to close the airport have been expressed by a number of other people who are more eloquent than I am, so I’ll keep it simple: we need to close the airport because doing so will benefit the majority of Edmontonians.

Leaving the airport open only benefits a very small group of people, many of whom aren’t even Edmontonians (sorry Northerners, but this is our city first; we appreciate your business and all, but Edmonton has to do what’s best for Edmontonians). Essentially, leaving the airport open would leave the majority of city residents subsidizing a convenient landing strip for the private jets of a very small minority of business people. (Yes, I’m over-simplifying, but the point stands.)

Far more people will benefit from the closure of the airport than from leaving it open. It’s as simple as that.

For others who’ve expressed my opinion more eloquently, check out the links below:

• In favour of closing YXD – Adam Rozenhart
• Muni is not ‘my’ airport – Lorne Gunter
• Not My Airport – Mack D. Male