How Have DOT Grant Monies Been Spent??

The summer before last Chris Philbin, McGovern's Chief of Staff, arranged a meeting with the Congressman and various people from the City Administration to discuss the airport. There were alot of people in the room, including representatives from the FAA, but our main topic of discussion was the pending DOT (Department of Transportation) grant application. The previous two years, ORH was unsuccessful.

The Congressman told us that he would do anything that he could to make sure we received the grant. I must say due to the Congressman's efforts, the City in the end received $455,000.

Flashback to a meeting last year that a group of us had with the Mayor, what was the topic of conversation? The DOT grant and how should we spend it. The answer was to form a Blue Ribbon Committee to figure out how best to spend the $455,000. In the end the committee was never formed.

Actually I have no problem with that, but I think that we should have some input into how the monies will be spent since we worked to help the grant become a reality. Instead, we can not even get a copy of a report that we file with the DOT showing how the monies have been spent?