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Northeast Florida Regional Airport has record attendance at “Destination ...

St. Augustine, Florida / June 6, 2011: Northeast Florida Regional Airport and Galaxy Aviation has announced that attendance was a record for the destination ... Bahamas held June 4, 2011 from 10:00 to 2:00 p.m.. The event, free to the public, drew almost a thousand people interested in learning about travel and the islands of the Bahamas from St. Augustine.

The Ministry of Tourism of the Bahamas with 23 exhibitors promoted all the wonderful things available in the islands.4 charter companies were on hand to showcase their aircraft travel to and from the Bahamas. Aircraft on display were a Pilatus PC-12, a Citation Jet and Eclipse.

Performance Junkanoo in the Bahamas and lunch was a success with all who attended. There was room for seminars on flight planning, customs procedures and safety for air traffic in the Water "which was conducted by the Ministry of Tourism of the Bahamas, FAA, Department of Homeland Security, FlightPlan . com, and the Bahamas Habitat.

Senator Tony Hill was present to discuss how to improve relations between Florida and the Department of Tourism. Local mayor of St. Augustine Beach, Rich O Brien, attended as well.

Homeland Security Plane Used In Springs Marijuana Probe | Cannabis ...

A $7 million surveillance plane equipped to detect air, land and sea threats was flown from the Canadian border to Colorado Springs in April to assist in an investigation of marijuana growing operations that apparently resulted in charges against six people.

The Department of Homeland Security plane, a Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12 Spectre, was requested on April 9 as the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence task force prepared to launch a series of searches of buildings where investigators suspected marijuana was being grown illegally.

No one was arrested during the searches, which the medical marijuana industry characterized as raids on legal businesses.

“Please don’t forget to update us on arrest, search seizure statistics for this flying we have done and will do for you all.  It helps us justify our expense,” an unnamed Homeland Security official wrote in an e-mail to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which is part of VNI and requested the plane.

The e-mail and other heavily redacted documents about the fly-over were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The investigation was turned over several months ago to the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which is reviewing the evidence, spokeswoman Kathleen Walsh said earlier this month.

No arrests or warrants stemming from the searches have been announced, but a member of the Colorado Springs Medical Canabis Council said Friday three people were arrested this week and warrants issued for three more.

Mary McNeely said the growers facing charges have told her they were in compliance with state laws limiting the number of plants that can be grown per patient.

District Attorney Dan May has been a vocal critic of medical marijuana, particularly dispensaries where patients with a doctor’s referral and state license can buy high-grade strains of the drug.  At the time of the searches in late April and early May, several in the medical marijuana community accused May of orchestrating raids to intimidate them, a charge Walsh denied.

Medical marijuana dispensaries and growing operations have exploded in the region following the U.S.  Justice Department’s announcement two years ago that it would not enforce federal laws in states where voters had approved the drug’s use for treating illnesses and pain.

Colorado voters approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes in 2000.

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