The [Vance Brand] Airport has served this community since 1945, supporting not just aviation, but the very people who call [Longmont] home. Today, that legacy is under threat — not from budget cuts or infrastructure decay, but from silence and neglect by city officials who failed to act on clear threats to public safety.
A woman in Longmont self-reported to the airport manager that she was shooting at airplanes — a criminal act with potentially deadly consequences. She was also involved in shining high-powered lights at aircrafts during nighttime operations, a federal offense that endangers pilots, passengers, and the surrounding community. These actions could have led to a catastrophe. Yet, the City of Longmont chose to sit on this information for months, failing to alert the FAA, law enforcement, or the flying public.
This is not just mismanagement. It’s an alarming dereliction of duty that has put lives at risk…