COMMITTEE KILLS Daly anti-Blue Angels measure - Newsom looking forward to next Blue Angels Airshow
13 August 2007
A committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors today killed a motion to end Blue Angels airshows over the City.
Following two hours of public testimony, the three-member Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 2-1 to table the measure authored by Supervisor Chris Daly.
Committee Members Sean Elsbernd and Michela Alioto-Pier voted in favoring of tabling the item. Member Chris Daly voted not to table.
Mayor Gavin Newsom released a statement following the committee action:
“While at the present time our country may be involved in an unpopular war in Iraq, it does not lessen my support of the members of the United States Armed Forces nor of the significance of the City honoring our troops and their families during the annual San Francisco Fleet Week events.
“Fleet Week and the Blue Angels airshow are enormously popular with tourists and residents — generating significant amounts of revenue for the tourism and hospitality industries. Tax revenue generated by Fleet Week helps support city services such as police, fire, parks and recreation, schools, arts and cultural organizations, and other city programs.
“I look forward to the return of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron this coming October — an opportunity to once again celebrate San Francisco’s rich naval and maritime heritage,” stated Newsom.
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