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Post #97,656
by cybermace5
4/21/03 3:42:06 PM
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New Re: Boston Globe with its head up its a..
Yeah, I heard about that, but I don't know where the terrorism thing figures into it. As far as I can tell the major reason was Daley's domineering ego and desire to run Chicago like a third-world dictatorship. I can tell you that terrorism factored into no part of the decision other than the PR spin.

Planes were sitting at the airport, unable to take off because he ordered the runway to be bulldozed in the middle of the night.
Post #97,695
by mmoffitt
4/21/03 5:56:28 PM
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New He did it because he could.
He's always wanted to shut down Meigs. In 1996 he cut a deal to keep it open until 2026. Obviously, he reconsidered. More than a few people are upset about this. The FAA is none to pleased that he did this and violated several FAR's.

AOPA's helping on the litigation front, but Meigs has probably seen its last arrival and departure of small aircraft.
bcnu,
Mikem

The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.

- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
     Boston Globe with its head up its a.. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - April 21, 2003, 02:40:11 PM EDT
         Re: Boston Globe with its head up its a.. - (cybermace5) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 03:42:06 PM EDT
             He did it because he could. - (mmoffitt) - April 21, 2003, 05:56:28 PM EDT
         AOPA should be all over this - (tuberculosis) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 05:38:14 PM EDT
             Boyer sent a letter. - (mmoffitt) - April 22, 2003, 03:54:48 PM EDT

Severity set to `grave'.
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