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Renard Johnson: “We did not know that it was going to be shut down.”

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 10:50

So to say that I was aware of this, if I was aware of this, I would have first thing I would have done is had a press conference with this community to say we're shutting down the airspace. So We did not know that it was going to be shut down. Hi, Mayor. I know you mentioned El Paso is not only a dot. We have the border. We also have four blades. What is the next step as leaders? (10:50–10:53)

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Asserts that local authorities were not informed in advance about the airspace shutdown.

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