Editor,

The real issue with complaints about Growler noise is people buying cheap land because of a disclosure, signing the disclosure, then suing to eliminate the disclosure. It happens too often in the U.S. It is really “Not In My New Back Yard” instead of “NIMBY.” So, the NIMNBY sues the government, at taxpayers’ expense, in hopes for a liberal judge that also hates the military.

Outlying Field Coupeville was built by the Navy many years ago to do what it does. When you hear pilots touch and going, they are preparing to leave their families behind and head to a carrier to make sure we are safe. There were no houses when the air strip was built.

Some claim the Navy cannot claim eminent domain and purchase the land/housing because they created the problem. The problem was not created by the Navy but by the contractor(s) that built the housing on cheap land (with the disclosure), the real estate agent that took people to the property making sure there was no air traffic and the purchaser who signed the disclosure indicating the property was in a very high noise area.

The U.S. needs a law that should be called “Big Boy Land Purchase.” The law would state that people who sign a disclosure, buy the property and then want to eliminate the disclosure in court must pay all court costs, including salary for the defense. They have the right to go to court but should not be allowed to use taxpayer dollars to increase the value of their properties.

Unfortunately, it will never happen. No one wants to be responsible for their actions anymore. When kids are trained, no one should excel, trophies for all, and it is someone else’s fault, in school they breed new NIMBYs.

Terry Sparks

Oak Harbor