Meigs now enjoyed by all!

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With the opening of the Concert Stage, the common taxpayer now enjoys a
park property previously
restricted to jet-setters.


All funded by the new city-wide 9% sales tax! Don't ever buy anything in Chicago...

The Park District is a seperate unit funded by property taxes, with the
Meigs fence gone, ALL can enjoy their property.

JG

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The Park District is a seperate unit funded by property taxes, with the
Meigs fence gone, ALL can enjoy their property.


Couldn't all enjoy it before?

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The Park District is a seperate unit funded by property taxes, with the
Meigs fence gone, ALL can enjoy their property.

If I understand correctly how they're using the property now, it's of
no interest to *me*. Whereas the previous use, as an airport, was of
considerable recreational interest to me. (I'm not a pilot, have
never flow into Meigs, and in fact have never so much as *ridden* in a
single-engine fixed-wing aircraft.)
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David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
writes:

The Park District is a seperate unit funded by property taxes, with the
Meigs fence gone, ALL can enjoy their property.

If I understand correctly how they're using the property now, it's of
no interest to *me*. Whereas the previous use, as an airport, was of
considerable recreational interest to me. (I'm not a pilot, have
never flow into Meigs, and in fact have never so much as *ridden* in a
single-engine fixed-wing aircraft.)
--

Perhaps the term "Park" District is not clear, i.e. its not an AIRPORT
DIST.
Do they have "Parks" in your town, Dave?

JG

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writes:

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
writes:

The Park District is a seperate unit funded by property taxes, with the
Meigs fence gone, ALL can enjoy their property.

If I understand correctly how they're using the property now, it's of
no interest to *me*. Whereas the previous use, as an airport, was of
considerable recreational interest to me. (I'm not a pilot, have
never flow into Meigs, and in fact have never so much as *ridden* in a
single-engine fixed-wing aircraft.)

Perhaps the term "Park" District is not clear, i.e. its not an
AIRPORT DIST. Do they have "Parks" in your town, Dave?

Yes, and I know how much I use them and how much enjoyment I get out
of them. Especially parks that seem to be oriented around a big
bandshell; I really don't find that very interesting.
--
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With the opening of the Concert Stage, the common taxpayer now enjoys a
park property previously
restricted to jet-setters.


Funny... my Jet would not fit in there.. I had to park it up north and get
there by helo shuttle..

There were a lot of propeller driven planes that were stuck there.. not too
many jets I think.

BT

On 2 Jul 2005 11:07:23 -0700, wrote:

Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago will begin a summer's worth of
concerts at the Lakefront Pavillion on Northerly Island on June 24th.

Be still, my beating heart!



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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me in with my 1956-built prop-driven shabby old little plane.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

wrote in news:1120327643.302827.150340
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

With the opening of the Concert Stage, the common taxpayer now enjoys
a park property previously restricted to jet-setters.


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Are you kidding?

1. Have you seen those ticket prices? You could have learned to fly for
less!

2. Jets didn't land at Meigs. The folks who flew out of Meigs were
specifically NOT jet-setters.

3. Single Engine Prop planes make substantially less noise than most of the
bands listed [Black Eyed Peas, for example]

4. Companies like Clear Channel and TicketMaster will give back much more
to the local community than the aviation businesses based at Meigs? How
many jobs have they created at the concert arena?

The common taxpayer was swindled into subsidizing another Media
Conglomerate winfall project...

Congratulations!