Phyrfight Intel

More Tax Payer funded land grabbing. In this case they had to sneak wording into a highway bill to get the land. It was already public-use property, an airport. Now wealthy developers get to have it.

AOPA Online – Stealth amendment in Congress kills Rialto Airport
All expressed strong opposition to the special exemption for Rialto, but Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) was “able to persuade lawmakers to leave the land transfer language in,” Jim Specht, a spokesman for Lewis, told the Press-Enterprise newspaper of Riverside, California. Lewis represents the Riverside District next to Rialto. He’s also chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most powerfull people in Congress.