Marlborough Airport Properties Files Lawsuit Alleging Obama 2010 Visit Caused $676,048 in Damages

CRAZY: Marlborough Airport Properties Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging President Barack Obama's entourage for a 2010 visit to Massachusetts caused $676,048 in damages to Marlborough Airport.

According to the Boston Business Journal, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has refused to compensate the company that runs the field.

Obama landed at the field on April 1, 2010, so Obama could visit an emergency bunker in the state. Marlborough Airport Properties Inc. states in its complaint that prior to the visit, the squadron that runs the Marine One helicopter — the designation given to any helicopter carrying the president —established that the aircraft would not damage the tarmac. Indeed, the suit states, the helicopter "did not cause any property damage to the runway."

"However," the suit continues, "ground vehicles brought onto the airport by or under the Secret Service, such as, but not limited to, a 'foam truck,' which weighs approximately 44,000 pounds, (were) negligently driven onto the airport and proximately caused property damage in an amount of $676,048.13." "Turf or grassed-in areas" also were "significantly damaged," the suit states. "As to ground vehicles, there was no clearance in advance," the suit states. Source: Boston Business Journal

Let's see if DHS will pony up the money or try to get the case tossed out of court. Crazy. This isn't one of the widely reported news stories of today. The only reason it's featured so prominently on The Drudge Report is to embarrass President Obama in some way. But unless he was flying Marine One or driving the "foam truck," it certainly wasn't his fault.