Airshow Evicts Homeowners - Can This Be True?

In all the back-slapping coverage I've seen concerning this year's Hillsboro Airshow, nowhere have I read about something I find deeply troubling. While a neighbor of mine was trying to find a place to sit and watch from her car north of the Hillsboro Airport, a Hillsboro Police barricade stopped her from entering a residential neighborhood. She was told that not only could she not enter the neighborhood, but that the residents were being evacuated for the Blue Angels performance!

Can it really be true that not only are all roads closed around the airport to allow this expensive specticle annoy and bother the city's residents (most of whom don't attend the Airshow), but in addition, each time the headline act takes to the air the people who own or rent property around the airport are actually evicted from their homes?

In the land of private property above all else, it hardly seems possible that we force law-abiding, tax-paying Americans out of their homes merely so that other people may be entertained, albiet for a hefty $25/person/day. Even if one person is made to leave his premises for any time during the event, I would say that it is one minute too long. I would not willingly cooperate with such a request - if that is what it is under force of arms.

This almost seems too hard to believe, and I wouldn't believe it but for the neighbor's firsthand experience. Still, I would like nothing more than to hear from a person who had to leave their home under police supervision or threat, call it what you will.