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Oshkosh Northwestern says: Petri's prominence on aviation panel could be boon for Wittman
U. S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been designated the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives' Aviation Subcommittee. Petri has been a strong advocate for local transportation systems in his role as ranking Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He was integral in getting U.S. Highway 41 its future interstate designation. Hopefully, the representative will use his new aviation panel post to, likewise, pump up Wittman and all the Wittmans around America. What smaller airports need is not just new air traffic control towers or overbearing post-9/11 rules that ground the entrepreneurs of general aviation. They require cheerleaders and defenders in Congress who understand aviation's future is largely rooted far from our international, passenger airports. Congressman Tom Petri of Wisconsin served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Somalia in the 1960's.
Oshkosh Northwestern says: Petri's prominence on aviation panel could be boon for Wittman
Editorial: Petri's prominence on aviation panel could be boon for Wittman
U. S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, has been designated the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives' Aviation Subcommittee.
Boring politics, to some.
But, for Oshkosh and Wittman Regional Airport, this can be great news.
Petri's House district envelopes both.
And rather than suggest his newly designated, ranking minority member post gives him the clout to stuff pork into budgets and shunt federal funding our airport's way, let us suggest that the region is better served by Petri's ability to herald and push the potential of smaller, underdeveloped U.S. airports, of general aviation and the entrepreneurial energy in both.
Petri has been a strong advocate for local transportation systems in his role as ranking Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He was integral in getting U.S. Highway 41 its future interstate designation.
Hopefully, the representative will use his new aviation panel post to, likewise, pump up Wittman and all the Wittmans around America.
What smaller airports need is not just new air traffic control towers or overbearing post-9/11 rules that ground the entrepreneurs of general aviation.
They require cheerleaders and defenders in Congress who understand aviation's future is largely rooted far from our international, passenger airports.
Wittman should be the national model of potential.
It's home to giant runways, general aviation's champion association and successful companies…
… And plenty of developable land feet from the tarmac.
Is there a way for Congress to help beef up business and innovation at it and other community airports?
We'll eagerly wait and see what Petri finds out.
Final Thought: Great things for Wittman Regional Airport and airports like it around the country can come from U.S. Rep. Tom Petri's new post as ranking Republican on the House Aviation Subcommittee.
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