Okay, let me get this straight...
"I live in a tiny little town that can barely produce 30 passengers per day on a good year, and last year only about half that number. I'll gladly accept federal money to subsidize my jerkwater* town's airport. But how dare those folks who dole out the money establish regulations that could negatively impact me!"
*Sorry for the cross transportation metaphor... especially since Riverton, not being on any major rail routes, wouldn't even qualify as a jerkwater town.