A friend cornered me the other day. Stories of Mesa Airline’s demise and the end of air service to Columbia, Kirksville and Joplin made front page news and are causing her undue distress. Her family’s Easter vacation to Colorado may be in jeopardy. “You’re on the airport board. How come Mesa is shutting down? They are ruining my vacation. YOU MUST do something!”
Citizens must get involved in revitalizing airport
Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CST;
updated 10:46 a.m. CST, Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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