Meigs now enjoyed by all!

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Name other Commercial Airports that tax
residential property owners?
LAX ORD LGA?

be gone, Vamanos!


It is almost universally the other way around. The only reason that
Meigs was a "cash drain" is that the city of Chicago strangled it befort
they moved in the middle of the night and murdered it.

They used to have a thriving hangar/FBO setup there.

Just why couldn't the vaunted rock concerts have been held at any other
of Chicago's many parks? It isn't as if the city were hurting for parks
before they destroyed Meigs.

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Name other Commercial Airports that tax
residential property owners?
LAX ORD LGA?

be gone, Vamanos!

I was refering to the RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE
MOOCHERS
OF DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT.

JG

In article .com,
wet the bed and whined:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Name other Commercial Airports that tax
residential property owners?
LAX ORD LGA?

be gone, Vamanos!

I was refering to the RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE
MOOCHERS
OF DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT.

Does that bill separate out the taxes paid by the users of the airport?
In a lot of states, the local government collects taxes on aircraft and
hangars and puts the money into the General Fund. If some money is
coming out of the General Fund and going to the airport, it is just a
matter of bookkeeping.

Do you whine when some of your tax money goes toward roads or parks? How
about schools, when you don't have any children?

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wet the bed and whined:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Name other Commercial Airports that tax
residential property owners?
LAX ORD LGA?

be gone, Vamanos!

I was refering to the RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE
MOOCHERS
OF DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT.

Does that bill separate out the taxes paid by the users of the airport?
In a lot of states, the local government collects taxes on aircraft and
hangars and puts the money into the General Fund. If some money is
coming out of the General Fund and going to the airport, it is just a
matter of bookkeeping.

The breakdown is such:
From http://www.napervillehouses.co=ADm/property_taxes.htm


Taxing Authority 2003 Tax Rate
DuPage County .1999
DuPage County Forest Preserve .1419
DuPage Airport Authority .0230, (over $20 from yours
truely)

Do you whine when some of your tax money goes toward roads or parks? How
about schools, when you don't have any children?

This is an airport group, besides I consider the value of road taxes to
be reasonable, and not restricted to benefit less than ONE PERCENT of
the population, ditto for schools.=20

JG

In article .com,
wrote:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wet the bed and whined:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Name other Commercial Airports that tax
residential property owners?
LAX ORD LGA?

be gone, Vamanos!

I was refering to the RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BY THE
MOOCHERS
OF DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT.

Does that bill separate out the taxes paid by the users of the airport?
In a lot of states, the local government collects taxes on aircraft and
hangars and puts the money into the General Fund. If some money is
coming out of the General Fund and going to the airport, it is just a
matter of bookkeeping.

The breakdown is such:
From http://www.napervillehouses.co*m/property taxes.htm


Taxing Authority 2003 Tax Rate
DuPage County .1999
DuPage County Forest Preserve .1419
DuPage Airport Authority .0230, (over $20 from yours
truely)

Do you whine when some of your tax money goes toward roads or parks? How
about schools, when you don't have any children?

This is an airport group, besides I consider the value of road taxes to
be reasonable, and not restricted to benefit less than ONE PERCENT of
the population, ditto for schools.

We pay for wilderness areas that are accessible only to elitist
backpackers and nobody pays any attention; we pay for tennis courts at
parks -- how many people play tennis or backpack?

The argument is specious.

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This is an airport group, besides I consider the value of road taxes to
be reasonable, and not restricted to benefit less than ONE PERCENT of
the population, ditto for schools.


Airports benefit everyone.