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Looks like we don't have a fly-in this morning. IFR conds forecast from 6am to noon with an 800' broken layer. Thanks to everyone who thought about coming! We'll still have the pancakes on for the locals but unfortunately no planes. Sarah

For whomever asked, 3EX (Excelsior Springs Airport) is about 25nm NE of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Mon-Weds work for me...although I'm sure most will need a weekend.

Hi guys! First of all, things are still looking great for 3EX for Saturday so I hope to see some of you there. Second, I'd love to join you all for a get together elsewhere sometime. I unfortunately have a business that makes most Saturdays during the warm-weather months impossible for...

Hi guys, We'd love to have you all at 3EX next Saturday - right now, the weather looks fantastic - partly cloudy and low 60s. If I can answer any questions, just let me know! Sarah D.

The city last night approved a resolution to make improvements to get the airport in compliance with some of the MoDOT inspection report discrepancies and to apply for the 90-10 grant for the runway overlay. The vote was 5-0! Two MoDOT officials were in attendance as well and had spent the day...

Again, thank you ALL for signing. I'm closing the petition Monday and I'm sorry for any spam - just know that that was NOT *my* intent and I *HATE* spam. I didn't see any other way I could get the widespread support that I did. Maybe I should investigate building a no-spam petition site myself...

Bob, it does, and I certainly respect the choice not to sign to prevent spam. I investigated more than one online petition, being a spam-hater myself, and they all required email input as part of the petition signature process. I myself signed a change.org petition once before (not this...

Hi guys! BIG news. The work session was this morning for the City Council. We had quite a few people there - not PACKED, but full considering it was a 7:30am weekday meeting. The Fox news station in KC was there too. They've done a complete 180. The "C" word wasn't even mentioned. Instead...

Thanks for the info, Tim! Yes, they are block grants, you are right. According to the MoDOT website, they award around $16M annually in federally-funded block grants, and another $10M in state-funded grants. We will try to clear that up with MoDOT. In a funny turn of events, the city has...

Thanks Dave, worth a try! Sarah

I keep waiting for the guy to show up with a bulldozer in the middle of the night...

oops I realized I made a typo in my post about federal funding - it said state funding in the sentence where I meant "federal" - went back and fixed it. Dave, I knew about the RAF through Supercub.org, but I figured they mostly were centered around backcountry strips. If they'd have an...

haha, to all of you! I figured we're just too much of small potatoes for AOPA. Country bumpkins with our grassroots field.. Anyways, just finished a radio interview for the AM news station in Kansas City. Sounds like some media will be at our Council meetings Friday and Monday...

Hi guys, the airport doesn't meet some of the criteria to be eligible for federal funding, so no, that's not an option. It is eligible for state grant monies issued through MoDOT and our CM was *supposedly* in discussion with MoDOT about grant funds for a runway overlay. As such, AOPA hasn't...

Thank you Diana!

guardrail - thanks! We are already on it. ;) It's a violation of the Missouri Sunshine Law. Not only is our attorney aware, but so is the attorney the local paper is in contact with, at the Missouri Press Association - the local paper has made requests too.

What's up with the attorney and his past dealings with Riverside has to do with billable hours, and lots of them - and his need to dictate how a city is run. For those who aren't in the loop, the CA in our town (who is not well-liked) is not a full-timer, he's a contract guy from a big firm in...

Hi guys! I want to thank Greg for posting this. I am new here and hope to be a regular, at least, reader of POA from now on! I want to thank ALL of you for signing. Our goal is to send volunteers through town for local petition signatures the second half of this week. We've already had a lot...