Point 1 - you can paint it any way you want, but any shortfall in federal money means increase in property taxes or reduction in services by the school district.

Wrong - properties sat stagnant in my neighborhood for several years until the Navy started ramping up operations.  I know of several families that purchased homes in our neighborhood that are Navy families.

Where do you live Bill?  Do you live around Duguella Bay?  It seems kind of pompous if you don't live here and you are calling me a liar about flight patterns when I am retired and am in this house most of every day.  The flight patterns have changed - wind or no wind.