Island County would regret loss of Navy’s presence | Letter to the editor

Having owned and paid Island County taxes since the 1940s on waterfront property north of Ault Field and listening for more than 65 years to various types of aircraft noise, I do not appreciate objectors near Outlying Field Coupeville persuading the Navy to transfer flights to Ault Field. Nor do I imagine the tourists who frequent Deception Pass State Park, whose expenditures Island County courts assiduously, will appreciate it either. If the end result of this fracas is that the Navy pulls out of Island County completely, I foresee the bottom falling out of the Island County economy.

July 29, 2013 9:00 am

Editor,

Having owned and paid Island County taxes since the 1940s on waterfront property north of Ault Field and listening for more than 65 years to various types of aircraft noise, I do not appreciate objectors near Outlying Field Coupeville persuading the Navy to transfer flights to Ault Field.

Nor do I imagine the tourists who frequent Deception Pass State Park, whose expenditures Island County courts assiduously, will appreciate it either. If the end result of this fracas is that the Navy pulls out of Island County completely, I foresee the bottom falling out of the Island County economy.

What Eastern Washington would welcome, Island County would regret.

Maxine Keesling
Woodinville