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"
