Last time we picked up the mail, there was a flyer waiting for us announcing a town meeting at the local town hall regarding helicopter use at the nearby Somerset Airport. The flyer made it sound like Somerset Airport was in line to become the next Newark Airport, and there was a good deal of scare tactic involving how the comings and goings of helicopters and gliders at the airport was going to devalue property and be annoying and OMG TEH HELYCOPTRES ARE GONNA EAT UR BAYBEEEZ.
The issue had caught our attention once before during the local elections, when a rich fat cat in Bedminster tried to win a council seat so that he could block a Medevac heli from being based in Somerset Airport, which I believe borders on his estate. Which is kind of ironic, because you can bet that Mr. Fat Cat would get the best lawyers in the state on his side if he happened to get in an accident and there weren't sufficient facilities to get him to RWJ Hospital trauma center in time.
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