.."legal because all federal loans to build the facility have been repaid and the decision to keep it open lies with the city. Past research indicates that the law hasn't been broken."..you also rewrote the headline to this piece with no touch on the facts nor offered any other facts which are a prominent part of the story. First, I thought this was a hit piece by this newspaper until I realized the news source did not author this piece to fit the headline....going back to Ron in post #4.
You left out the compensation in the piece and other legal references. There were many stories written on Daley's "sneaking around in the night" surfacing yesterday through today.
One does not have to sneak in the night in Chicagoland. The light pollution never presents a darkness to sneak around in. If you are a resident of Chicagoland and/or have visted the major cities around this country, you have to agree Chicago is one of the most beautiful. But, I will hand it to you, Writer1; you have brought a good piece of news-spin to the table for discussion. However, I see no case here.
Again if you are inconvenienced by this action by the City, my sympathy. This has been and will continue to be a passionate partisan debate.
Respectfully
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In all respect, there is one angle in this that you are avoiding. The O'Hare Expansion Agreement between Chicago, the State, and in it's final stage in the US Senate.
One clause in that agreement calls for Meigs Fld. to remain open until 2026. There is a rider that allows it to be closed in 2006 under very specific conditions.
By Daily violating the terms of that agreement, the entire agreement is most likely null and void. The result of this means that billions of $ that Daily and Chicago can lose. $ that were earmarked for Daily cronies in construction contracts.