Propeller Airports CEO: Don’t Put Cart Before the Horse

Andrew McNeil September 15, 2011 at 03:55 pm

Yeah...this is a classic example of the "pot calling the kettle black"!! Mr. Smith definately put the cart before the proverbial horse by soliciting resumes before RFPs have even been submitted, let alone selected....By the way, the Q and A on Sept. 20th at the Justice Center is a PUBLIC meeting. Be there at 11:00 to hear questions from Howard, Lasseter, and Beaudreau! Second floor...see you there!

Sheila A. September 15, 2011 at 05:13 pm

On one hand, Propeller is actively seeking job applications and on the other hand is saying nothing is definite when even people in Roswell are beginning to protest the increase in air and street traffic this privatization will bring. It seems to me that the arrogance of Propeller knows no bounds or as we who will be forced to endure this debacle are beginning to realize... this is already a "done deal" under the table by our commissioners and representatives that have no personal stake such as home devaluation, noise and air pollution and general loss of standard of living caused by proximity to Briscoe Field. We have shouted "NO" at the meetings and were told there was an overwhelming acceptance of the idea of privatization. Are these people on the same planet as the people who are trying to make their protests heard? It is becoming painfully obvious that money is greasing the wheels of this project and it will be forced upon all of us for the gain of a few. We are about to have another Gwinnett Braves Stadium type project stuffed down our throats with the lure of future monetary wealth. Well, the stadium has not produced great profits, and looks like the same few are going to profit again with the surrounding citizens taking the brunt of the cost and loss of their standard of living. The people that are forcing this upon us have no personal stake in this project, they just stand to benefit monetarily. We are being lied to while things move forward quietly.

Jimmy Orr September 15, 2011 at 06:09 pm

A classic example of opening one's mouth to change feet. What was that earlier article in the Dacula Patch about "putting the cart before the horse?" Wasn't it something about taking job applications for jobs that didn't exist? Wouldn't that be considered "putting the cart before the horse?" Please make every effort to be at the Gwinnett County Justice & Administration Center Tuesday, September 20, 2011, at 11:00 PM at the Board of Commissioners conference room located on the 2nd. floor. Please bring as many "guests" as you can in order to pack the conference room out and give cause to moving the meeting to an area that is more conducive for the public to hear the exchange between the BOC and IMG.

R September 15, 2011 at 08:36 pm

Jimmy,
The time should be listed as 11"AM" to make sure you can get in to see the 1 PM commission meeting. We may well be there till 11PM, but the fun STARTS in the AM on 9/20/11. Respectfully

Jimmy Orr September 16, 2011 at 12:08 am

R, Thank you for the correction. Here lately between the two prospective taxpayer boondoggles known as the privatization of Briscoe Field with a commercial airline(s) option and TSPLOST, I sometimes don't know whether its AM or PM on my body clock as I spend an inordinate amount of hours on both in an attempt to eduacte folks to oppose Briscoe with a commercial airline(s) option and vote an emphatic NO on TSPLOST. Trust I will see you Tuesday AM.

Andrew McNeil September 18, 2011 at 10:11 pm

AND DON'T FORGET THE SEPT. 27TH BOARD OF COMMISSION MEETING AT 7PM IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE GWINNETT JUSTICE CENTER!! WEAR RED TO SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION TO COMMERCIALIZATION! THE AIRPORT ISSUE MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S TIME FOR A "SHOW OF FORCE" TO REMIND OUR THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON!