Dear Alders: I have contacted my alder Patrick Heck and others about opposing the F-35 plans at Truax. Especially in this time of Covid-19, we appreciate the vital work of the Air National Guard and the 115th Fighter Wing. It’d be preferable to so many of us, that these...
Contact: Steven Klafka, (608) 255-5030 This past Thursday, Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin sent Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force, and Wisconsin government officials a petition signed by more than 2,000 residents opposed to the beddown of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field in Madison. “In light of...
Dear Madison Alders, Please vote in favor of the Common Council resolution being consider this evening: “Responding to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Air National Guard F-35A Operational Beddown.” You have all heard the obvious reasons to support this resolution, enumerated in its third paragraph: the impact...
Early March seems like such a long time ago. Way back then, I started writing an editorial to commend Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway for her stand against siting the F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field here in Madison. Mayor Satya’s statement on the environmental impacts of the jets got very...
Dear Madison Alders Thank you so much for considering the Common Council resolution opposing the stationing of F-35 fighter jets at Truax. Please, please, vote in favor of this resolution. I live on the north side of Madison, and I love this part of town. I moved here twenty...
To the Mayor and Common Council members, First of all thanks to everyone who has made this virtual meeting possible especially the techies who are improvising all this. Thanks also for taking up this important issue again. Time as you know is of the essence the Air Force is...
I hope that this note finds you all well and safe during these uncertain times. I am writing you today about the F-35 resolution that the Madison Common Council will take up tonight. When I was on the Council, I remember many issues that came up that other alders...
The Clarion | 25 March 2020 Anica Graney, Managing Editor “On Feb. 29, a large group of Madison community members spent their leap day gathered outside the Madison College Truax campus to protest the incoming F-35 fighter jets the Air Force wants to station at the Dane...
No F-35 Aircraft in Wisconsin! No Nuclear Bombs Stored in Wisconsin! The National Guard Bureau plans to bring 2 squadrons of 18 F-35 joint strike fighter stealth aircraft (+ 2 back-up aircraft) to the Madison airport as a tactical aviation base will make life unbearable for a large number...
I’m aware that the Badger Air Community Council has been flooding your email box with letters in support of the Joint Strike Fighter Force F-35s at Truax Field. In concert with the Chamber of Commerce and editors of the Wisconsin State Journal, they are accusing the opponents of...