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By: Spaceport tax debate reaches climax in New Mexico this week « Space Politics

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 01:02:06 +0000

[…] educational programs. A year later, voters in Sierra County, where the spaceport is located, approved the same tax. Now, however, both uses of the tax are under fire in the New Mexico Legislature, with bills […]

By: Space Politics » 2008 » June » 19

Space Politics » 2008 » June » 19 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:13:42 +0000

[…] New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s presidential campaign sputtered out earlier this year, but the campaign found at least one alternative use for the money it raised. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported Thursday that the campaign donated $10,000 to efforts to get a spaceport sales tax approved in Sierra County, New Mexico, in April. That donation was the single largest contribution to “People for Aerospace”, the group that spearheaded the pro-spaceport tax effort; the group raised about $105,000 overall. “He was a supporter,” Gary Whitehead, chairman of People for Aerospace, told the Sun-News. “It’s been kind of his project and he certainly wanted it to be successful and he was willing to invest in the success of the election.” Voters in Sierra County approved the tax by a two-to-one margin in April. […]

By: Space Politics » How to sell a spaceport tax

Space Politics » How to sell a spaceport tax — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:10:15 +0000

[…] that two counties in souther New Mexico have passed a sales tax increase to help fund development of a commercial spaceport, attention now turns to the third and final county in the region, Otero, which includes the city of […]

By: Vladislaw

Vladislaw — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:06:02 +0000

Rand, I think you if you paste the dictionary definition of airport, spaceport, and space they MIGHT understand, but if they can not read spaceport on the website I would imagine a dictionary would be out of the question.

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:52:38 +0000

So they didn’t bother to get a new URL. Big whoop. If you actually look at the page, right at the top, it says, in big letters, “Mojave Air and Space Port.” So apparently you can’t even read.

By: GM

GM — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:39:49 +0000

What does the URL say”
http://www.mojaveairport.com/

Who administrates the facility?
East Kern Airport District

http://216.193.195.124/AWOSDisplay.swf
“MOJAVE AIRPORT”

It is an airport that has a piece of paper

I rest my case.

You might want to not look in a mirror when calling names

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:42:45 +0000

They are ports from which vehicles go into space. That doesn’t happen from “airports.”

Idiot.

By: me

me — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:29:45 +0000

On the contrary, my statement is true unlike your asinine response. They are no more than airports with an extra piece of paper. Prove me wrong, oh “top aerospace engineer” . Pffft.

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:24:37 +0000

â€œUntil one of these â€œspaceportsâ€ handles an orbital flight, they are no more that an airport with an extra piece of paper.â€

You can continue to repeat that, but it doesn’t make it true. Or non-stupid.

By: GM

GM — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:35:53 +0000

Your word games don’t change the fact that this still applies “Until one of these â€œspaceportsâ€ handles an orbital flight, they are no more that an airport with an extra piece of paper.”