Is Airport Going In A ‘New Direction’?

Airplanes line the grounds of the Coeur d’Alene Airport in Hayden recently. (Coeur d’Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust)

County commissioners are wasting no time in replacing the Coeur d’Alene Airport manager who was unexpectedly fired Friday, and some are wondering why. Kootenai County’s Airport Advisory Board met with Commissioners Jai Nelson and Todd Tondee Tuesday afternoon to discuss the “new direction” commissioners want to take in master planning for the airport. Neither of those commissioners are running for re-election, and Commissioner Dan Green - who has two more years in office before he is up for re-election - was on vacation and did not return phone calls Tuesday. Advisory Board Chairman John Adams asked the commissioners to explain the “new direction” Tondee mentioned Monday as the reason for terminating former Airport Manager Greg Delavan, who has held that post for 20 years. “Based on a newspaper article (Tuesday), the county is taking the airport in a new direction,” Adams said. “What direction is that? Where do you want us to go?’/ Jeff Selle , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

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