Dec 13, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On Thursday, December 9, Oregon’s Supreme Court delivered their ruling on the Petition for Review of the earlier Court of Appeals decision. The ruling was strikingly terse: The court has considered the petition for review and orders that it be denied. The central...
Nov 4, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
Following the submission of Petitions for Review to the Supreme Court by the Oregon Dept. of Aviation and the Intervenors (commercial interests at the airport), we (the original appellants in the Court of Appeals appeal) have the opportunity to submit our own response...
Oct 21, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
Two significant environmental occurrences happened in October 2021 concerning Aurora Airport and its impacts on the citizens and lands surrounding it. Forever chemicals at Aurora Airport First, the Statesman Journal published an article on the 20th titled “EPA...
Oct 15, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
After much discussion about the impacts of the Court of Appeals ruling during the summer Aviation Board meetings, a decision was finally made that surprised no one. The commercial interests at Aurora Airport mounted an all-out full court press on the Aviation Board...
Jun 20, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On June 16, 2021 the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the prior Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruling concerning the Aurora Airport and the airport master plan. Rather than just ruling on procedural matters like the process of the State Aviation Board...
Dec 16, 2020 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On December 16, 2020, Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) delivered a non-decision on an appeal concerning the master plan for the Aurora State Airport. Specifically, LUBA handed down a dismissal of the appeal claiming that the Board did not have jurisdiction!...
