So Port Commissioner Bob Edwards is upset about the fourth runway talk. Well, he shouldn't be. After all, the Port comments about the fourth runway are the same as what was said about the third runway. Guess what we got.

I personally don't believe what the Port says about anything these days. Lesson learned. I noticed, of course, that the critics were correct, the price for the third runway has skyrocketed, not because of any stalling tactics, but because the Port tried to avoid adhering to all the requirements.

What is very irritating is the fact that we have to pay taxes to the Port for their wanton over the top spending. If the Port can't make a go of it without public money, then perhaps they shouldn't be in business at all, otherwise, it is just a "make work" operation.

Del Gould

Des Moines