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I attended the Save Our Communities (SOC) annual meeting on Jan. 26 at City Hall. I would have rather put my jammies on and watched the Grammy’s, but the Paine Field Airport expansion is close to my heart. For one I live just under the flight path to the North bordering Japanese Gulch.

There were approximately 40 residents from Mukilteo, Everett and Whidbey Island. Most of the people who attended have lived in the area for over 20 years. Mike Moore (President of SOC) gave us a brief history of how Paine Field has evolved from general aviation and aerospace to now a commercial airport wit...