Meigs Curse: Year #1.

But what about mine???

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"MLenoch" wrote in message
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I'm a Chicagoan.............(so)
I don't want to persecute that fan (yeah, right).
This whole tiff was made by the media...(oh boy).

Hey, as Don Zimmer would say, "No skin off my nose."

The last time I was there, almost every citizen I talked to said they
had "no problem with what Daley did" to Meigs.

That was probably the last time I'll go to Chicago.

Now take the cash you would have spent at Meigs, and come see a performance
at the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium.

They attract world-class entertainment, there are dozens of top-notch
restaurants nearby, and I'll buy you a cold one while you're in town...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

So why don't you recall him?

It worked in California...

Unlike California,
Chicago is not financially bankrupt......yet.

Look, here's the bottom line: In ANY other city, in ANY other state, a guy
who sent bulldozers to rip up public property -- in the MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT -- would have been arrested.

He would then have been put under medical observation, to ascertain his
sanity.

Why is it just "business as usual" in Chicago?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Besides the betrayal of Meigs, does everyone know about the "Rape of CVS"?
CVS
is Chicago Vocational School.

No, I wasn't aware of that.

How did Jesse and Richie explain this one to their constituents? It would
seem that vocational training would be a way up and out of the ghetto for
kids who weren't on the college track?

Isn't this kind of school PRECISELY what the Democrats are always
advocating? Or are they still under the mistaken notion that EVERYONE can
go to college, if only we pour enough money on the problem?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Tpakb.806050$YN5.806702@sccrnsc01...
Look, here's the bottom line: In ANY other city, in ANY other state, a
guy
who sent bulldozers to rip up public property -- in the MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT -- would have been arrested.

If that were true, then most public renovation projects would result in the
arrest of the presiding public officials (and of the bulldozer operators
themselves--if they were not acting on someone's lawful authority, then they
too were committing a crime). You usually have to bulldoze what's there in
order to build something else. Often there are people who preferred to keep
what was already there.

Daley decided to renovate a piece of public land whose usage was under his
administrative authority as an elected public official. There are sound
objections to the decision and to his implementation, but the idea that he
committed a crime (such as vandalism) is sheer fantasy.

--Gary

He would then have been put under medical observation, to ascertain his
sanity.

Why is it just "business as usual" in Chicago?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article Tpakb.806050$YN5.806702@sccrnsc01, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

So why don't you recall him?

It worked in California...

Unlike California,
Chicago is not financially bankrupt......yet.

Look, here's the bottom line: In ANY other city, in ANY other state, a
guy
who sent bulldozers to rip up public property -- in the MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT -- would have been arrested.

do you really think it would have been different in Boston, MA?

--
Bob Noel

Daley decided to renovate a piece of public land whose usage was under his
administrative authority as an elected public official. There are sound
objections to the decision and to his implementation, but the idea that he
committed a crime (such as vandalism) is sheer fantasy.

Well, Gary, we've got a similar situation brewing in Coralville (sister city
to Iowa City).

The Mayor (and his cronies) have their hearts set on building a $60 million
dollar convention center, complete with a giant hotel, etc. The citizens of
Coralville are objecting to this, on the grounds that (a) it costs WAY too
much, (b) if there was a call for it, the Marriott's of the world would be
begging to build it with they own money, and (c) the Gubmint shouldn't be
competing with private business.

In fact, there is now a group of four people running for office (one
mayoral, three city council candidates) solely on the platform of "Stop the
Convention Center". Further, petitions have been submitted to the Mayor,
asking that the issue be put on the ballot as a referendum. (Sadly, I live
in Iowa City, and thus can't vote -- I'm sure you know where I stand on the
issue!)

Thus far, the Mayor has summarily dismissed these concerns, and the
petitions, and is going ahead with land fill, etc. (Is this starting to
sound familiar?)

If the Mayor of Coralville were to now take it upon himself to proceed with
demolition (there are publicly owned buildings on the site) -- especially if
he sent a wrecking company out in the middle of a Sunday night -- I do
believe he would be detained and observed.

But maybe that's just an Iowa thing -- we expect rational behavior from our
elected officials.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Qhbkb.169335$%h1.161414@sccrnsc02...
If the Mayor of Coralville were to now take it upon himself to proceed
with
demolition (there are publicly owned buildings on the site) -- especially
if
he sent a wrecking company out in the middle of a Sunday night -- I do
believe he would be detained and observed.

So you believe we live in a country where (except in Chicago) a public
official who initiates a renovation project is thereby subject to arrest and
involuntary hospitalization, unless the police think the project was
sufficiently popular?

--Gary

But maybe that's just an Iowa thing -- we expect rational behavior from
our
elected officials.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

So you believe we live in a country where (except in Chicago) a public
official who initiates a renovation project is thereby subject to arrest
and
involuntary hospitalization, unless the police think the project was
sufficiently popular?

Bulldozing an airport runway, at 3 AM on a Sunday morning, is a "renovation
project"?

Methinks you be as nuts as Daley.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Look, here's the bottom line: In ANY other city, in ANY other state, a guy
who sent bulldozers to rip up public property -- in the MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT -- would have been arrested.

The Atlantic City mayor didn't get arrested either.

George Patterson
To a pilot, altitude is like money - it is possible that having too much
could prove embarassing, but having too little is always fatal.