"Da Mayor" At Work

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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AOPA has done some good, and they are a constant lobby in Washington,
without which I suspect many more of us would be grounded due to
restrictions and excessive regulation.

However, AOPA certainly does appear to pick their battles. It seemed
pretty clear to me that Meigs wasn't a battle that they were willing to
spend a huge effort fighting. The battle had raged for years while the
City of Chicago played games and taunted the aviation community with
restrictions and harrassment. The City digs up the runway, and all of a
sudden AOPA is outraged. I was outraged years ago when my wife and I
tried to visit the terminal and were nearly subjected to a strip search
by two of "Chicago's Finest" before being turned away. The Meigs
situation had been deteriorating for years, and I suspect that AOPA was
focused on what they considered to be bigger, more important battles.
In my opinion, whatever AOPA is doing now with regards to Meigs is of
little consequence; the airport is gone and will likely never be
restored.

JKG

AOPA was smart not to spend significant time and money on Meigs. The mayor
owned the airport and had the law on his side. The only thing he did wrong
is he did not notify the FAA the required 30 days (or what ever the required
time is) prior to closing the airport. The penalty for violating that rule
is of little to no consequence. There was nothing legally AOPA or Friends of
Meigs could do. Meigs was a lost cause years before it was finally dug up.
Da Mayor has pulled a number of similar antics in Chicago but always has his
ducks lined up in an immaculate row.

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"Dave Stadt" wrote:
AOPA was smart not to spend significant time and money on Meigs. The mayor
owned the airport and had the law on his side. The only thing he did wrong
is he did not notify the FAA the required 30 days (or what ever the required
time is) prior to closing the airport. The penalty for violating that rule
is of little to no consequence. There was nothing legally AOPA or Friends of
Meigs could do. Meigs was a lost cause years before it was finally dug up.
Da Mayor has pulled a number of similar antics in Chicago but always has his
ducks lined up in an immaculate row.

I'm not sure that having the law on his side matters much to Mr. Daley.

Could AOPA have delayed or temporarily stopped the destruction of Meigs?
Who knows. However, the price of such an effort would have been so
high, and the benefit so low, that I doubt it would have been worth it.
The City of Chicago had a jewel that they chose not to utilize and
nurture, and that was their prerogative. I hope that the "park" works
out for them.


JKG

Given the amount of control that Daley has over the city, there was
nothing AOPA could ever have done short of outright bribery. I think
they do a great job given the amount of territory they have to cover
and the small amount of dues we pay. I get a little tired of the
self-hype but an organization like that does have to maintain high
visibility to its members.

From: "Jay Honeck" - Find messages by this
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Subject: "Da Mayor" At Work
Maybe they'll finally arrest King Daley for willful and criminal
destruction
of public property?

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uuuhhh Jay, you just fell off the turnip truck, right?
Arrest the mayor of Chicago for grift, graft, and corruption, plus
scoring land for his developer buddies snork, chortle, choke, gasp,
gurgle - damn it hurts when you blow hot tea out your nose all over the
keyboard Surely you jest!

denny

In article Ajbee.56173$WI3.25446@attbi_s71, says...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/..._truck_scandal

Maybe they'll finally arrest King Daley for willful and criminal destruction
of public property?

Supposedly, he's "hurt, embarrassed and disappointed" that there is actual
corruption in Chicago! Imagine that?



Yeah, I saw that too.
I feel really sorry for him.

G Faris

Jay Honeck wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/..._truck_scandal

Maybe they'll finally arrest King Daley for willful and criminal
destruction
of public property?

Supposedly, he's "hurt, embarrassed and disappointed" that there is
actual
corruption in Chicago! Imagine that?


Maybe Cessna Corp. can buy the land that Meigs sat on, built by Chi.
Park
District Taxpayers. Loop acreage is around $5-$10 million these days.

JG