“Commissioner Beckett has made it impossible for me to do my job and comply with our grant assurances with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Florida Department of Transportation. I have been put in the position of being asked to fight the FAA and FOOT regarding our grant assurances despite several e-mails from FAA and FOOT rendering their rulings. 

“Commissioner Beckett said that we do not need FAA/FDOT money and that they can't tell us what to do. Without grants from FAA/FDOT the airport cannot operate. If we violate the grant assurances, FAA and FOOT have warned us that they will cut off our grants (meaning losing millions of dollars) and they might ask the City to pay back millions of dollars in grant money. 

“Commissioner Beckett insisted that we allow camping under the wings during Sun n Fun and have available showers and commodes for the campers despite the objections of an airport committee member that told him no one will use the showers and we should discourage campers because they don't invest money in Winter Haven by using our restaurants, motels, car rentals, etc. The shower/commode trailer cost the City over $2,500, Since no one camped nor used the shower facility, it was a waste of tax payers money. 

“Commissioner Beckett told me that he has a family member that is getting flight instruction from an airport tenant and the family member washes the aircraft of the instructor. Flight instruction costs thousands of dollars and this creates the obvious appearance of a conflict of interest.