On 6-Jul-2005, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

Your action represents everything that is good and wonderful about EAA and

my home-state of Wisconsin!
--
Jay Honeck


Jay, this response left me feeling kind of funny. As much as I like the
show and museum I have rather ambivalent feelings about EAA the
organization, for this reason: A fellow I work with's grandmother lived
near Wittman Field, and when EAA wanted to expand and she wouldn't sell they
had Oshkosh condemn her property and evict her from a house and land that
had been in their family for generations, which was then "donated" to EAA.
This happened some years ago, recent Supreme Court decisions
not-withstanding, and my friend is still plenty bitter about it. I hate
bullies, and EAA came across as such to me. I also have some question about
nepotism and Tom Poberezny getting quite wealthy from our dues, from a
position given to him by his father who also was made quite wealthy from the
organization he founded. I can accept Paul Poberezny getting rich from EAA;
he put a lot into founding the group. But passing the torch to his son so
he can get paid a pretty incredible (in my opinion) salary from EAA just
galls me more than a little.
Scott Wilson