"Nolaminar" wrote in message ...
This could be in error, but was Meigs 100% "private"?
It is my understanding that it is/was a "private" airport and has never
taken Federal funding and thus the beloved Mayor and his crew were legal
(though not so smart or clever) in destrorying the airport?

Incorrect. The federal government in a insane act of wimpiness forgave the
grant assurances.