Editor, Daily News:
I would like to compliment Naples City Council for its reasoned approach regarding the issue of charging users for the value of the land that a public facility occupies, and in particular not unfairly singling out the airport property.
The city owns hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of property from which we citizens do not realize any monetary return on our investment. I can't think of any facility, including our parks, parkways, beach access, rights of ways, City Dock, Naples Pier and numerous other parcels, that pays "reasonable" if any rent for the land occupied.
Why should it be any different for the airport?
To be fair and consistent, shouldn't the "airport rent" proponents ask the city to get money from all of its "underperforming" assets? Or do we just have one more example of some people having no problem goring someone else's ox?
Peter Van Arsdale , Naples
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