Boeing gives Chicago $10-million

On Oct 4, 6:30 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:21:03 -0400, Margy Natalie
wrote in :

ChicagoMUSEUMS notChicago.

Are you suggesting that the city ofChicagois not the de facto
owner[1] of the museums to which Boeing has given $10-million?

Although I personally would like to [see] the
Mayor tarred and feathered I don't think donating $$ to the museums in
the area to encourage science education is a bad thing.

Is it your naiveté or your museum employment that blinds you to the
irony of the world's largest _aircraft_ manufacturer contributing a
large sum of cash to Daley (however indirectly), who ordered the Meigs
runways bulldozed in the dead of night[2]?

It is only you questioning whether the millions of dollars will be
used for good or not. But beside the irony, given Daley's hubris and
the city ofChicago'sreputation for corruption[3] it is conceivable
that funds may be diverted from their intended recipients.

Beyond that, what do you think may be a reason Boeing choseChicago
(Boeing's corporate headquarters since 2001) museums instead of say
the Smithsonian? Given Boeing's recent history of revolving CEOs, the
Druyan criminal corruption exposé[4], and the questioning of Boeing's
ethics by one of their recently retired chief engineers[5], is it not
conceivable that this public display of corporate philanthropy may
belie collusion?

[1]
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/aboutus/index.shtml
The Adler Planetarium thanks the State of Illinois Public Museum
Capital Grants Program administered through the Illinois
Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois State Museum for
its continuing generous support of facility expansion and
improvement projects.

The Adler also gratefully acknowledges the generous support it
receives from theChicagoPark District on behalf of the citizens
ofChicago. [It was theChicagoPark District who bulldozed
Meigs.]

http://www.msichicago.org/info/vtm/about.html
The Museum of Science and Industry is supported in part through
the generosity of the people ofChicagothrough theChicagoPark
District.

[2]http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-1-157x.html
Mayor Daley bulldozesChicago'sMeigs Field

Update: Mar. 31, 2003 - Sneaking in under the cover of darkness,
city ofChicagoconstruction crews began tearing up the runway at
Meigs Field this morning at about 1:30 a.m. There was no advance
warning, not even to the FAA. Some 16 aircraft are stranded on the
field. A city source told theChicagomedia that the "airport is
closed for good" for "homeland security reasons."

"We are absolutely shocked and dismayed," said AOPA President Phil
Boyer. "Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The
sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it was wrong."

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...p?channel=busa...
The Federal Aviation Administration last week ordered the city of
Chicagoto repay $1 million the agency claims was illegally
diverted to demolish Meigs Field and restore the land where the
airport formerly operated on the shore of Lake Michigan just
minutes away fromChicago'sbusiness district. In a settlement
reached Monday following years of legal action, FAA also fined the
city $33,000, the maximum possible, for failing to provide advance
notice of its plans to close the airport. As part of the
settlement, the city denies wrongdoing.

The city ofChicagopermanently closed the lakefront airport after
Mayor Richard Daley ordered in bulldozers to rip up the runway
without notice in the dark of night March 30, 2003 ...

Congress has since increased the applicable fines from $1,100 per
day to $10,000 per day, making it "much more painful for another
city to attempt a midnight airport raid." Congress also now
requires notice of proposed closures to be published in the
Federal Register.

[3]http://www.avweb.com/news/atis/181839-1.html
Did anyone happen to look at the staggeringly high level of
corruption inChicagocity government? Where other U.S. cities are
running surpluses,Chicagokeeps increasing its city taxes and
fees because of the kickbacks, payoffs and scams. Your employees
will rapidly discover that every city construction project costs
about 30 percent more than in other places because the contracts
only go to Mayor Daley's pals, whether they are low bidder or not.
You'll find that 20 inches of concrete for an expressway is really
15 inches, but you'll get to pay for 20 inches.

[4]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert...g-scandal-afte...
Both of the instances of Boeing's wrongdoing involved major
offenses against the U.S. government and U.S. taxpayers. They both
involved projects of considerable importance to Boeing. And in
both cases the company's conduct was extraordinarily egregious;
these were not failures to comply with arcane rules, but theft of
a competitor's proprietary data to facilitate bid-rigging and a
quid pro quo arrangement with a government contracting officer to
facilitate a massive government overpayment for a weapons system
of very questionable benefit.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/de...boeg-d17.shtml
Top officials in the Bush administration-including the president
himself-are implicated in the expanding scandal surrounding
airplane manufacturer and defense contractor Boeing. The case
provides a revealing glimpse into the extent to which US military
policy is subordinated to brazen profiteering by defense
contractors and the government officials who enjoy their
patronage.

[5]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/09/17/2003889769.pdf

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