By way of background, on June 20 the Statesman Journal ran an opinion piece by Ben Williams, President of Friends of French Prairie, about two airports: the Salem Airport and the Aurora Airport. The point was that expansion at Aurora will likely come at the expense of the Salem Airport—one which already has a long runway and all the required urban services. In the piece Williams quoted Commissioner Cameron as saying in his first campaign communication that “my first priority is the extension...

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