COMMUNITIES IN AGREEMENT ON HELICOPTER TRAINING

Thursday February 23, 2012 – Lake Osborne Estates -- Last night’s inter-community meeting of representatives centered on:

"The persistent increases in non compliant helicopter training over the public, the absence of any measurable progress toward relief over the past two years, and the Palm Beach County Department of Airports (DOA) withholding critcal information from the public." Read more... Comments (1)  |  Hits: 657

 COMMISSIONER VANA STALLS...

A year and a half after Petitioners spoke to the County Commission... nothing has been done wiith PALM BEACH HELICOPTERS insisting on training where they agreed not to train which is right over the homes and families of known sensitive areas.  Absolutely nothing prevents PALM BEACH HELICOPTER'S compliance and it seems this irresponsible and antisocial behavior stems from a profound lack of empathy or remorse for causing harm to the public.

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PALM BEACH HELICOPTERS REMAIN DEFIANT 

With a five fold increase over last July's activity, PALM BEACH HELICOPTERS was responsible for 94% of the 72 violations reported from the President’s email account during the first three weeks of the month.   

HELICOPTERS DEFIANT DESPITE COMMISSIONER EFFORTS

This is the Commissioners May 24^th email to the communities.  Responding to this email was postponed a month to give it a fair chance to see if there were any verifiable changes in helicopter training over the communities.  I have laid out the email with our responses in blue.   

COUNTY STUDY SHOWS PALM BEACH HELICOPTERS VIOLATED COUNTY RULES 

The address below was made in behalf of all the communities and our Association to the Palm Beach County Commission on June 7, 2011

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HELICOPTER VIOLATIONS UP ANOTHER 24% AS

PALM BEACH HELICOPTER TRAINING

Suggests rewriting Guidelines

ALLEN WEST and Listening to the public

Republican, Democrat, religion?  Who cares.  It’s who you are and what you do that counts. 

PALM BEACH HELICOPTERS

AVOIDS CITIATION

Harassment versus photo shoot

ALLEN WEST - NO SHOW

So… do we think the worst because Allen West stood up Commissioner Vana?

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HELICOPTER VIOLATIONS UP 48%

Just because they’re not over your house doesn’t mean they aren’t over someone else’s.

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Commissioner Vana gets behind communities

Helicopters have been training over the communities near Lantana airport for over a decade...

Board postpones meeting with helicopter schools

The Board of Directors of Lake Osborne Estates Civic Association postponed the helicopter meeting due to a lack of support from residents.