Stephenville -
Coun Cec. Stein may have been unable to attend the most recent Stephenville Town Council meeting, but that doesn't mean he wasn't part of the discussion.
Mayor Tom O'Brien said from his knowledge, everyone on the town council besides Stein is on the same page with regard to their support for the airport.
He made the comment at the last general meeting of the Stephenville town council, which Stein couldn't attend at due to work commitments.
The majority of council supports the Stephenville Airport Citizens Committee's fundraising campaign, and whether or not it reaches its $700,000 goal, members are still working in a positive way with the town, Stephenville Airport Corporation and the provincial government to move the airport forward, according to O'Brien.
Last week Stein was critical of council for not rescheduling meeting times for a couple of weeks so he could attend.
"He's (Stein) on that side and the rest of us are on the other side," O'Brien.
Stein has long held he couldn't support cash injection to the airport without having some documentation from the airport corporation showing its financial position.
Coun. Don Gibbon said he congratulates the airport citizens committee for taking on the campaign and he for one feels they are doing a good job.
Coun. Laura Aylward, who is a member of the committee, said there are all kinds of things that could happen now that they have the website set up, she said referring to the launch of SaveStephenvilleAirport.ca.
Aylward also noted the chairman of the committee, Bill Hynes, has been called to speak at a Rotary meeting in Corner Brook on Nov. 19, which she feels good about.
"Because of the publicity people are coming out and saying they will support the Stephenville airport," she said.
Coun. Mike Tobin said right now everyone is working in the same direction with regards to the airport and that people at a recent South West Coast Joint Council meeting expressed their support.
Coun. Darlene Oake said the website the airport citizens committee has set up looks good and is easy to maneuver around and encourages people to have a look.
Weblink: savestephenvilleairport.ca
