The commercial showing the crash's aftermath, for example, is funded in part by South County cities. Although the opposing campaign doesn't face the same restrictions because of private funding, the flier that arrived in mailboxes last week never mentions that its backers are the chief proponents of an El Toro airport. Every family is affected by public safety, but not every family is going to be affected by the airport. It's clearly the dominant issue at play. They can expect more eye-catching images on an issue that most already have made up their minds about.
Election results tell a different story.
If using the image of criminals is a scare tactic, then displaying television footage of dead Marines is even more so, Nestande charged. It shows their desperation. So far, the anti-airport cable ads are the only ones being aired. Not on our streets. Supporters are urging the measure's passage as a way to block the proposed construction of a commercial airport at the retired El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.