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Renard Johnson: “The FAA was the primary agency that made the decision to…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

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FULL CONFERENCE: El Paso mayor criticizes FAA over airspace shutdown as 'unnecessary decision'

Published | Video Starts at 09:48

You have to give a yes or no on that. So I've never closed the airport. You know, again, I've been here a little bit 13 months. So … The FAA was the primary agency that made the decision to shut down our airspace here over this community. … 365 days a year. So the answer to that is probably no. I would never close down the airport unless there is a national security threat against this community. (09:48–09:55)

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Asserts that the FAA was responsible for the airspace shutdown.

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