After reviewing the facts, I am strongly opposed to the basing of F-35's at BTV for many reasons including significant loss of property values, unacceptably high crash risks for a densely populated area, and the incredibly high noise pollution that will cause documentable negative physical effects and cognitive impairment in our children.
The jobs argument doesn't even come close to justifying these very real and well-researched risks to the American people living in the most densely populated area of Vermont. The Air Force has said that the Air Guard base will not close if the F-35's aren't based here. They have also said of the two basing proposals, the first would create no new jobs and the second would create only 83 full time jobs and 183 part time jobs. This is clearly not worth all the severely negative impacts of these dangerous warplanes.
I am a patriotic American and I strongly support our military and our Vermont Air National Guard. It is clearly in the best interests of the American people to base these planes at one of the other proposed sites that has much, much lower population density. Its common sense!
Please contact Burlington City Councilors and urge them to pass a resolution barring the basing. Also, come to the meeting to further express your support for these resolutions. For more information and Burlington City Councilor contact information, please follow this link:
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