It's always fun to cover visits to Lansing by federal officials.  One of my fondest memories is sitting in the back of a pickup truck with Congressman Arcuri while he toured Turek Farm and leaned, among other things, about the importance of migrant workers in local farming.  But while it was fun to cover Congressman Tom Reed's tour of the Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport Terminal Expansion and Rehabilitation project Wednesday, his visit was almost overshadowed by the efficiency and speed of getting this project done.

It would be fun to say that since the Governor announced the $24.7 million project a year ago last May it was simply born, fully grown, from the forehead of Zeus (boy, did Zeus ever have a headache after Athena was born!), a lot of work spearheaded by Airport Manager Mike Hall and other county officials led up to the project being realized.  The miracle here is somewhat on the scale of Greek Mythology, though, when you consider that an expansion of this scope is on schedule to be completed by the Governor's deadline, which is the end of this year.  This is government work.  Nothing happens fast in government.  But this is happening.