Airport Would Only ‘Enrich A Few Insiders’

Sept. 5, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Well, surprise, surprise, Andy - the Backroom Boys have sweettalked the Virginia Department of Aviation into pouring taxpayer money into their pet project: a fancy parking lot for their handful of private planes. And, of course, some cash will “accidentally” sprinkle down to a few lucky airport contractors for an airport that will never turn a profit. If this looks, sounds, and smells like the Buena Vista golf course fiasco, that’s because it’s the same kind of insider “economic development.”