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User fees aren't the only user fees.(REMARKS)
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February 1, 2008
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- van West, Jeff
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Belvoir Media Group, LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Normally I like living in the out-of-the-way corner of the country that rarely makes the news. When we do pop up on the national news radar, it's usually for our odd-ball, New England mix of progressive and Puritan.
Late last year Maine appeared on the GA newsfeed because of our state's unenlightened "use tax." Basically, this is a stab at sales-tax dodging. Buy a new plane as a Maine resident and you pay a healthy five-percent tax. You get slapped with the same tax on a boat, too, but most of those run an order of magnitude cheaper, even in the posh summer playgrounds of the well-heeled.
As a state that sees a lot of that summer-only traffic, our lawmakers coined a ...
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Mississippi volunteer pilots needed for Angel Flight medical missions
The Mississippi Business Journal;
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Russell, Kelly;
763 words
...Angel Flight executive director Lee Johnson can count on one...patients to medical treatment. Johnson, head of Angel Flight Southeast, admits many people do not know about Angel Flight, a non-profit organization of pilots who volunteer...
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Angels of mercy
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;
March 23, 2007 ;
Susan E. Lindt;
787 words
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Air angels
Southern Living;
November 1, 1999 ;
Rada, Joe;
752 words
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Angel Flight Receives Grant to Expand Medical Air Transport Services...
U.S. Newswire;
January 9, 2007 ;
394 words
......windycampbell@mindspring.com, for Angel Flight of Virginia VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angel Flight ofVirginia, a non-profit charitable...workthroughout rural Virginia. "Every day, Angel Flight of Virginia upholds its mission...
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 "Free Press (Kinston, NC)")
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On the wings of angels.
Free Press (Kinston, NC);
June 8, 2006 ;
634 words
......five times with the generous angels of Angel Flight. They've helped us tremendously, said...in Toledo, the couple found out about Angel Flight so the next time they needed to travel...for treatment, they used the program. Angel Flight operates on a volunteer basis and charges...
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ANGEL FLIGHT PROVIDES FREE UPLIFTING PATIENT SERVICE. NONPROFIT GROUP...
The Virginian Pilot;
December 2, 2001 ;
787 words
......thanks to a Beach-based charity called Angel Flight, he's made several quick trips to Shriner...Kevin Dale Adams, the youth's father. ``Angel Flight has always been very accommodating...our hearts it was because of money.'' Angel Flight America, a 24-year-old, nonprofit corporation...
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Angel Flight of Tennessee Receives Grant to Expand Medical Air Transport...
U.S. Newswire;
February 21, 2007 ;
424 words
......windycampbell@mindspring.com, for Angel Flight of Tennessee HAMPTON, Tenn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angel Flight of Tennessee, a non-profit charitable...throughout rural Tennessee. "Every day, Angel Flight of Tennessee upholds its mission...
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Living 'angels' donate wings to those in need; Marshfield pilots part of...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;
November 23, 2002 ;
Shamus McGillicuddy; SHAMUS McGILLICUDDY;
424 words
......and piloting skills to an organization called Angel Flight. Nationwide, Angel Flight, which is based in Leesburg, Va., offers free...Pilots in Marshfield have been volunteering for Angel Flight since its early days, in 1996. "We started...
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Angel Flight of Tennessee Receives Grant to Expand Medical Air Transport...
PR Newswire;
February 21, 2007 ;
422 words
......Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angel Flight of Tennessee, a non-profit charitable...throughout rural Tennessee. Every day, Angel Flight of Tennessee upholds its mission of...said Jim Smith, Executive Director, Angel Flight Mid- Atlantic. We hope to reach many...
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Angel Flight Receives Grant to Expand Medical Air Transport Services...
PR Newswire;
January 9, 2007 ;
396 words
......Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Angel Flight of Virginia, a non-profit charitable...throughout rural Virginia. Every day, Angel Flight of Virginia upholds its mission of ensuring...said Jim Smith, Executive Director, Angel Flight Mid- Atlantic. We hope to reach many...
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 "Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Leesburg air charity in legal dogfight: The group wants a ruling that...
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);
December 10, 2006 ;
481 words
......flying charity could force Leesburg-based Angel Flight Southeast to restrict fundraising missions...ruling directing it to fly clear of the Angel Flight name in most Southern states. We're...months as chief executive officer of Angel Flight Southeast. Angel Flight ...
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Texas-based Angel Flight gives wings to critical care patients in...
New Orleans CityBusiness;
August 6, 2007 ;
Richard A. Webster;
787 words
......ghostly voice beneath the white static. "Angel Flight 39 Charlie......." Next to Crigger sits...past 2006. But with the assistance of Angel Flight South Central, Crigger extended her...here to fight to live." Airborne access Angel Flight South Central, a nonprofit based in...
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Flight to life
The Topeka Capital-Journal;
February 6, 2006 ;
Morgan Chilson Capital-Journal;
682 words
...ANGEL FLIGHT Two Topeka doctors go to new heights to help patients in need ANGEL FLIGHT CENTRAL Angel Flight Central: A nonprofit organization that provides air transportation for those in need. Most flights are related to travel for medical treatment...
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 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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SOARING TO SERVE: VOLUNTEERS FLY PATIENTS FREE< GREENSBORO BANK PRESIDENT...
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
December 29, 2004 ;
Steadman, Tom;
519 words
......volunteer their skills and planes for Angel Flight, a nonprofit, grass-roots organization...back, says Hall, who tries to fly an Angel Flight mission at least four times each year...a 1965 Piper Cherokee. Since joining Angel Flight, Hall, 56, has flown more than 20 missions...
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