Author Topic: Maybe there is hope for Meigs Field afterall (Read 287 times)

Wolfala · « **on:** December 12, 2006, 12:07:18 PM »

March 30, 2003 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had private constuction crews demolish the Meigs field runway in the middle of the night, without the authorization on the Chicago City Council or informing the FAA. Sixteen planes were stranded there, they were later allowed to take off from the taxiway. Editorials in the Chicago Tribune pointed out that "the issue is Daley's increasingly authoritarian style that brooks no disagreements, legal challenges, negotiations, compromise or any of that messy give-and-take normally associated with democratic government."

Daley had been trying to close the airport since 1995, it had become a personal cruade for him. Chicago has major airport congestion problems, and Meigs' runway could have been easily extended to service small airliners (it was on a man made island). The city of London has been testing Airbus A318s at London City Airport, which has a runway only 428 feet longer than Meigs' was.

On Thursday, June 22, Chicago mayoral candidate Bill "Dock" Walls appeared on the local Chicago public television station and said: "My first act as mayor will be to reopen Meigs Field." The elction will be next February.

news blurb: http://64.143.36.15/html/news/news_curr.html#06-06-22_First_reopen_Meigs
video: http://64.143.36.15/audvid/2006-06-22_Chi_Tonight.wmv

Chairboy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2006, 12:16:27 PM »

He'd get elected on the campaign slogan of "Bill Walls: I'm not Richard Daley" alone.

VOR · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2006, 12:40:01 PM »

Since he's a Chicago politician, I can only imagine how many palms have been greased.

Wolfala · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2006, 12:48:19 PM »

Well, the other alternative for Daley is a Remington 700.

Charon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2006, 01:20:52 PM »

The only type of candidate that could unseat King Daley is a strong minority candidate with cross race appeal. A local Obama type. Hopefully this guy might have a chance...

But I'm not holding my breath.

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Well, the other alternative for Daley is a Remington 700.

Why do you think he's pushing for the .50 cal ban so hard

I tell you what, you just cant move far enough away from this tool, without actually moving out of the state, to get the fingers of his influence out of your life.

Charon

Wolfala · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2006, 01:28:21 PM »

Has anyone tried to take a crack at him in the past?

MoeRon · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2006, 02:49:09 PM »

Eugene Sawyer, James Taylor and Sheila Jones to name a few. Unless Uncle Sam catches him with his hand in the cookie jar, he'll remain mayor.

I'm just glad that Governer Ryan is going to prison soon, the fat bastard.

Maverick · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2006, 11:31:43 AM »

Pfft. No one will replace Chicago's Dear Leader in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Chicago. He has the cemetary vote and those folks vote EVERY election. What's worse is that single voting base gets larger every freaking day. Face it, daley is mayor for life and probably even beyond life there. The only thing that ca right this wrong is to have Chicago fall into the lake and dissapear. Make sure someone tethers daley to a large building fiorst because you know what floats.

The only thing close to as bad as voting for daley is hillary getting reelected in NY.