Contracts of contention

Like a ghost, the issue of hangar leases continues to haunt the Saratoga Airport Board nearly seven years after the subject first came before them. The regularly scheduled meeting of the airport board at 1 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Saratoga Town Hall, which lacked chairman Lance Grubb, vice-chairman Arlen Hughes and fixed based operator Bob Maddox, once again saw the hangar leases take center stage. At recent meetings, the board has taken suggestions from hangar owners under advisement as they have worked to update language in the minimum standards to match the “new” leases that were first introduced...