A business group wants its city to finance construction of a new airport. The city commissioners and some citizens feel that the new airport will be too expensive and that the proposed site is too close to an old city neighborhood with many low income residents. The business leaders supporting the new airport can take a number of different approaches to get it built. Match the body of government with the type of policy they can create.

Question 9 options:

The President

Agencies

The Supreme Court

Congress

1.
Laws/Acts

2.
Decisions/Remedies

3.
Executive Orders

4.
Regulations

1.
Buy homes in the neighborhood to force the residents to move away so that the airport faces less opposition.

2.
Hold neighborhood meetings to encourage widespread support for the airport.

3.
Run commercials explaining how the cost of the airport will be offset by the economic benefits that it will bring.

4.
Build the airport as proposed despite the opposition.

5.
Try and replace the members of the city commission with officials who support the existing plan without changes.

6.
Make a concession to their opponents by offering to build the airport in a different location in the city.

7.
Bring both sides of the issue together to try and settle differences through discussion.