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Meigs Field closed~~Crews dig up runway in middle of the night
ABC 7 Chicago ^
| 03/31/03
| Paul Meincke and Andy Shaw
Posted on 03/31/2003 7:02:03 PM PST by cherry_bomb88
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To: The FRugitive
Daley's bid for control...he's got his "Chicago Machine" governor in office now (Rod Goblomevich) and together they have vowed to make this state a facist socialist state...see their newest push on the gun ban...including shotguns!!!!!!
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:14:04 PM PST
by
cherry_bomb88
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To: SamAdams76
I am sure there are several little airports in and around Chicago where private planes land.... losing one may not be a real loss to the city in the long run, but the planes that are stranded there have a real problem that is not cheap to solve!
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:15:01 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: E Rocc
I agree....he's the next Saddam....I think it's time to change states!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:15:50 PM PST
by
cherry_bomb88
(Are you on the right side of the wrong issue or on the wrong side of the right issue???)
To: HairOfTheDog
It's not so much the loss, Hair....it's the way in which it was done. This guy just does whatever the heck he wants...it's awful...we see this DAILY.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:17:02 PM PST
by
cherry_bomb88
(Born & raised native California Girl transplanted in Daley Hell)
To: cherry_bomb88
This is just another assault on corporations by King Daley. He just continues to tax the hell out of small businessmen and yet wonders why the companies are leaving the city in droves. All you had to do was visit Meigs Field on any day when there was a business convention at McCormack Place and you would see corporate airplanes parked wing to wing. At least the Dupage County Airport welcomes corporate aviation. Businesses are moving to Dupage and the outlying counties because of Daley's continued extortion and harrasment of the companies that pay the taxes.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:17:31 PM PST
by
KeyLargo
To: Maximum Leader
Well it's his call, I can see how it could be a problem, it is RIGHT by the lake downtown. Sorry I don't buy it .. you don't do this in the middle of the night and not notify ANYONE .. not even the FAA
Sorry .. something smells with this excuse
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:19:06 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Can I ask the media stupid questions?)
To: cherry_bomb88
Made famous as the home airport of the original MS Flight Simulator.
Chicago, like California, just can't shake the liberal disease.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:19:07 PM PST
by
Russell Scott
(Iraqi soldier, is it really worth dying for the Butcher of Baghdad?)
To: cherry_bomb88
I agree, the Daley's have always been power hungry liberals at heart, and the city needs to rid itself of this tyranical ruler.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:20:12 PM PST
by
mrb1960
To: cherry_bomb88
Oh yeah.... it is the way it was done.... it sounds like an act of madness if there was really no warning, and in the night? Why make it vandalism? - One can just close and airport without digging a rut in the runway. Is the guy on a personal vendetta about something?
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:20:45 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: Russell Scott
Yup...in California I was sheltered growing up in conservative Orange County...moved to downstate IL with all the dixiecrats and about went nuts with their ignorance, then I moved to DuPage County to find some solice in my liberal surroundings.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:21:57 PM PST
by
cherry_bomb88
(Born & raised native California Girl transplanted in Daley Hell)
To: cherry_bomb88
The classic William Calley ploy.
I'd say that the Islamic terrorists have won one in Chicago.
No surprise that a Democrat would be the first to panic, shake with fear and destroy his own city to "save it".
To: Regulator
Well stop and think, who's brother was trying to steal the election for Gore a couple of years back???
HMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:22:01 PM PST
by
mrb1960
To: HairOfTheDog
I am sure there are several little airports in and around ChicagoActually, there aren't any, due to the suburbs
Meigs was the only one htat a small GA aircraft could fly into for events at McCormick, Soldier Field, etc & you can catch the train easily to get to Wrigley or anywhere else
The next closest GA airports are 30-40 miles away, if you are coming from less than a 2 hr drive it's not worth flying
It is way too expensive & dangerous to fly a GA airctaft into Midway or O'Hare
To: HairOfTheDog
He wants to put a flower garden in for his wife
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:23:24 PM PST
by
cherry_bomb88
(Born & raised native California Girl transplanted in Daley Hell)
To: cherry_bomb88
I'm in Texas and have no clue as to what caused the Mayor's decision, but even this far south I can smell money.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:24:30 PM PST
by
Flyer
(We Own The Streets!!)
To: cherry_bomb88
I lived here 52 years, its a land grab. The planes that go to O'hare and Midway (big ones that could do damage)will continue to fly directly over the city just as they have for years. This was re-affirmed by ATC on the radio today. This is nothing more than a big garden for daley's wife. How about that other park she's building that is like twice over budget already.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:25:03 PM PST
by
try phecta tom
((Harvey RULES. Paul not the rabbit)
To: cherry_bomb88; chicagolady; Chi-townChief
Please pass along the ping, especially in Chicagoland...!
CONTACT THE FOLLOWING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUE THE CITY OF CHICAGO IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST ANY FURTHER SABOTAGE OF THIS IMPORTANT AIRPORT!!:
John O. Balsinger, Regional Representative, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.,
jbalsinger@nbaa.org (405-260-0889 tel - 405-260-1793 fax).
Rachal A. Goodstein, President, Friends of Meigs,
rgoodstein@friendsofmeigs.org, 847-966-6168 fax,
http://www.friendsofmeigs.org Philip Boyer, President, Aircraft Owner Pilot Association,
phil.boyer@aopa.org, Phone: 301/695-2000, Fax: 301/695-2375
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:25:22 PM PST
by
unspun
("Well I'm proud to be a FReeper, where at least I know I'm an American; and I won't forget....")
To: cherry_bomb88
The state of Illinois is being run from Mayor Dummy's office, so he can do whatever he wants. One can only hope that Patrick Fitzgerald can link him criminally to his mobbed-up friends such as the Duff family, and rid the state of this odious man.
To: cherry_bomb88
Was this a controlled or uncontrolled field? How obvious is the dug up part? - Did he just dig a rut in the middle of it? I hope no one tries to do an emergency landing.
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posted on
03/31/2003 7:27:22 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
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