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In article outaviation.com,
As far as Megis: which contractor received the contract to "steal and destroy" the airport. Daley has for years publicly stated his intention to close down Megis, then he did it. (After Boyer "took him on." LOL) The people of Chicago elected him knowing of his plans to bulldoze that airport. There's the planning to do it, wanting to do it, and the legal right to do it. Daley did NOT have the legal right to destroy Meigs, strand planes, and violate the FAA grant for public use. |
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'Vejita' S. Cousin wrote:
In article outaviation.com, As far as Megis: which contractor received the contract to "steal and destroy" the airport. Daley has for years publicly stated his intention to close down Megis, then he did it. (After Boyer "took him on." LOL) The people of Chicago elected him knowing of his plans to bulldoze that airport. There's the planning to do it, wanting to do it, and the legal right to do it. Daley did NOT have the legal right to destroy Meigs, strand planes, and violate the FAA grant for public use. What does legal have to do with Chicago politics or politicians? Matt |
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Skylune wrote:
Provide evidence of covert funneling of money by developers to anti GA groups. There was one developer a few years ago who supported a group that tried to get Vansant airport shut down due to noise complaints. One day someone in the air noticed a 182 flying low over the most sensitive neighbors and followed it home to Morristown. Turned out this developer was renting a plane and creating all the noise. The developer who bought and shut down Marlboro airport is currently under suspicion of contracting the murder of the guy who made the competing bid for the airport and wanted to keep it open. The FBI is doing the investigation. Another developer made arrangements with all the local realtors to tell their customers that Sky Manor was "going to close next year." That, of course, created an organization of irate home owners who insisted that the airport pay off on "its promise." The airport eventually put a billboard up on the main road in the area to the effect that they had no intention of closing. George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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![]() "'Vejita' S. Cousin" wrote in message ... In article outaviation.com, As far as Megis: which contractor received the contract to "steal and destroy" the airport. Daley has for years publicly stated his intention to close down Megis, then he did it. (After Boyer "took him on." LOL) The people of Chicago elected him knowing of his plans to bulldoze that airport. There's the planning to do it, wanting to do it, and the legal right to do it. Daley did NOT have the legal right to destroy Meigs, strand planes, and violate the FAA grant for public use. Actually he did. |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
... "'Vejita' S. Cousin" wrote in message ... Daley did NOT have the legal right to destroy Meigs, strand planes, and violate the FAA grant for public use. Actually he did. He did have the legal right to destroy Meigs. He did NOT have the legal right to strand airplanes, or to violate the FAA grant. Thus the $12K penalty for failing to provide adequate notice, and the likely multi-million dollar penalty for misusing FAA funds. Pete |
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![]() "Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... "Dave Stadt" wrote in message ... "'Vejita' S. Cousin" wrote in message ... Daley did NOT have the legal right to destroy Meigs, strand planes, and violate the FAA grant for public use. Actually he did. He did have the legal right to destroy Meigs. He did NOT have the legal right to strand airplanes, or to violate the FAA grant. Thus the $12K penalty for failing to provide adequate notice, and the likely multi-million dollar penalty for misusing FAA funds. Pete There will be no multi-million penalty. The $12K fine isn't worth mentioning. |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
. .. There will be no multi-million penalty. I'll bet you $50 that there will be, payable when the investigation is over and closed, and the city is either found liable for the penalty, or is free and clear of all action by the FAA on the matter. The $12K fine isn't worth mentioning. Well, no...I guess you wouldn't think so, since it undermines your claim that Daley had the legal right to do everything Vejita said he did. However, that doesn't mean your reply to him was correct. Pete |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:45:30 GMT, "Dave Stadt"
wrote in :: There will be no multi-million penalty. Do you think the city of Chicago's defense is credible? http://tinyurl.com/d3t98 News Archive City: Using fed funds to rip up Meigs was legal December 5, 2004 BY MARK J. KONKOL Transportation Reporter Advertisement Chicago officials Friday sent a 43-page legal brief to the Federal Aviation Administration in response to the agency's probe into whether the city illegally used airport funds to shut down Meigs Field. In October, the FAA launched an investigation into whether the city illegally diverted $1.5 million in federal airport development funds intended for O'Hare Airport to rip up the Meigs runway and tear down its air traffic control tower. The FAA has also ordered the city to pay a $33,000 fine for not giving 30 days' notice before closing the airport. City officials say the FAA knew the airport was being torn up. They also admit using the airport cash and say they actually spent $2.8 million to remove Meigs from Northerly Island. But they contend it was legal to use that money to dismantle the airstrip. The letter to the FAA says there is precedent for using airport funds to dismantle airports, citing cases in Denver and Austin, Texas. "We make the point that these costs are related to the removal of airport infrastructure and environmental remediation," city Law Department spokeswoman Jenny Hoyle said. "It's not in the public interest for a municipality to leave behind an abandoned airport. ... We used the revenue carefully. It was not used for redevelopment or urban renewal." FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro declined to comment Friday because he had not seen the city's written response. If the FAA finds Chicago used airport funds improperly, the city could be fined $4.5 million. ================================================== ========================= http://tinyurl.com/8qwhb Airport Money Misused Chicago used airport money to destroy Meigs. The City of Chicago is telling the FAA that Meigs Field was an "abandoned" airport that had to be cleaned up. That assertion comes in response to an FAA probe into whether the city illegally used federal funds. AOPA President Phil Boyer described the city's stance as "another insult." Acting on a complaint filed by AOPA in February, the FAA has proposed fining Chicago $33,100, the maximum allowed, for not providing a required 30-day notice before closing Meigs Field. The FAA is also investigating whether the city illegally diverted $1.5 million in federal funds intended for O'Hare Airport improvements to rip up Meigs' runway and tear down the control tower. In a 40-page legal brief responding to the FAA's notice of investigation, Chicago admitted that it actually spent $2.8 million of O'Hare and Midway airport development funds to destroy Meigs and remove any evidence that it was once an airport. "Meigs Field was willfully destroyed by elected officials using public monies that were intended for airport construction, not destruction," Boyer said. "We're analyzing the city's brief to determine if there is an appropriate legal response from AOPA. But it's clear that the city is—once again—engaging in revisionist history and justification." If the FAA determines Chicago used airport funds improperly, it could fine the city three times the amount of diverted funds. That could make the fine as much as $8.4 million. (….from AOPA ePilot) ================================================== ============================ |
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Yeah. I read about that. I think that is the 1998 crash which the NTSB
still has not closed out. Talk about a totally unscrupulous, greedy developer! |
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Peter Duniho wrote:
Thus the $12K penalty for failing to provide adequate notice, $33,000. http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...0907meigs.html George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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