Whereas the Hawk Zone should be restored to its natural habitat and the Upper Westside development should never see the light of day, market forces are at work to develop the land south of the international airport.

The only long-term preservation plan would be for our governments to purchase the land south of the airport. Given our current fiscal constraints, this will never even be considered.

I will always be for green space. Green space should be converted to cement space only after careful consideration. However, even as a sitting Supervisor, I could only offer distractions. My Supervisor colleagues may defer to my objection and vote "No"; however, the long-term fate of Airport South Industrial is development.

Logistically, it makes sense to have industrial development around the airport. The shorter the distance of economic output and the transportation hub, the less the logistical costs will be.

The best we can hope for is to mitigate the development's impact on residents. To mitigate:

1. Construct a 20 feet high, earthen berm between the industrial development and the residential and school areas. The neighborhood where I grew up has a berm.
2. Have the developer to pay the 50% Hawk Zone mitigation tax.

The Hawk Zone's restoration to wildlife is the most important ecological goal to achieve. Vote carefully. The Supervisor for district 1 may be a charlatan that enables both the Upper Westside and the Airport South Industrial development projects to materialize without any mitigation.