El Paso residents upset over air show being canceled but not much else?

When Fort Bliss officials had to cancel the air show people got upset over entertainment they would have to do without. Are they upset with what the military has to do without because of sequestration cuts?

Fort Bliss receiving backlash from public over cancellation of Amigo Airsho
By Bill Melugin
June 8, 2013


EL PASO, Texas — Fort Bliss spokesman Maj. Joe Buccino told KFOX14 he woke up to a barrage of emails Saturday morning, most of which were from unhappy El Paso residents who are angry about the cancellation of the Amigo Airsho.

The airshow has been a yearly tradition for the last 31 years, drawing huge crowds every year it's been in action at Fort Bliss' Biggs Army Airfield, but due to sequestration, the military post can no longer host the event.

"Well, the reaction has not been positive. People like the air show, people are accustomed to doing it, and it's something people in the community have grown up with in some cases," Buccino said. "We understand that people are upset about this, but this wasn't a decision Fort Bliss made, we were forced to make this decision by the Department of Defense guidance on sequestration."

At a time when sequestration is forcing Fort Bliss to cut back on supplies and furlough some of its workers, Buccino says it would send the wrong message if they spent money to host the extravagant airshow, on top of the fact that hosting civilian airshows is prohibited under sequestration.
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