LETTER: ShhAir Leaders Support Barrett for State Senate

Three leaders of the grassroots citizens' organization, speaking for themselves, support Lexington Democrat Mike Barrett in the race to replace retiring state Sen. Susan Fargo, D-Lincoln, in the Third Middlesex District.

To the Editor, We were surprised to learn that the president of Cape Air commuter airlines has become involved in our 3rd Middlesex District State Senate race by endorsing Mara Dolan of Concord. Dan Wolf is a state senator from the Cape who also leads Cape Air, a commuter airline serving the Boston area and the Cape and Islands. As leaders of the grassroots citizens’ organization ShhAir, we have spent many years fighting to contain expansion of aviation at Hanscom Field, and have worked especially hard to keep commuter airlines, with their many negative environmental impacts, out of this airport. Our work has benefited from the full support of our state legislators and congressional delegation. We would be concerned about having a state …

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Lily Barrett

9:45 am on Thursday, June 21, 2012

From Francine Stieglitz's letter to the editor, published today in the Lexington Minuteman: "At last week's candidate debate in Waltham, Mara spoke proudly about the endorsement and said Dan Wolf has assured her he has never considered bringing regular operations to Hanscom. "However, the facts show otherwise. In the spring of 2001 articles in the Boston Globe and Boston Herald reported his …   more ›