Continued use of leaded avgas is unacceptable, and frankly we've known that it's unacceptable for decades. It's surprising that only now are jurisdictions that

Continued use of leaded avgas is unacceptable, and frankly we've known that it's unacceptable for decades. It's surprising that only now are jurisdictions that contain airports where it's used realizing that they have the power to solve the problem on a local scale by banning those airports from operating, but it's not surprising or unreasonable that they're choosing to do so now that they've realized the problem exists. If a plane can't be safely flown without leaded avgas, that just means it can't be safely flown. The foot-dragging on this topic is unbelievably shameful on the part of everyone involved, but particularly the FAA. If this kills general aviation, so be it, I'm sure it will light a fire under a lot of asses to get some new airframes and engines certified. If a couple 10s of people die in airplane crashes before all of the kinks are ironed out, so be that as well. That's a trivial amount of harm compared to the harm of airdropping lead on children, and unlike the victims of leaded avgas, everyone who gets in a personal aircraft voluntarily accepts the risks.