Meigs Field closed~~Crews dig up runway in middle of the night

ABC 7 Chicago ^ | 03/31/03 | Paul Meincke and Andy Shaw

[cherry_bomb88]

Yes, and the 2nd amendment is coming under fire in a LARGE way right now in the IL house & senate thanks to Daley...we should all be writing our reps about that at the state level if you haven't!

[supercat]

Chicago is like a minature Iraq.

Even Iraq was content to cover their runways with debris to stop us from using them; they didn't trench them.

What needs to happen for Daley to be held personally responsible for the repair costs?

[El Gato]

Jackson called Meigs a convenience and a luxury that current security issues no longer allow.

So you cut the runway with bulldozers. Seems awfully permanent to me. Just putting out barriers on the field and taxiways would surely have been sufficient. Follow the money. See who gets the contract to develop the park, and who gets to do other developement on the vast majority of the land, found surplus to the needs of the park.

[Ford Fairlane]

this guy seems to think its ok

sounds like a socialist to me, from his reply

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/881192/posts?page=78#78

[BlessedBeGod]

Are you a local there? - Is this *really* about security concerns?

I'm a suburban local. Daley's been dying to do this for years. Security my you-know-what.

[El Gato]

Was an "environmental impact" assessment done prior to the bulldozing of the runway?? Sounds like federal lawsuit material to me!!

Excellent idea. Through a little that liberal cr@p back in their faces. Somebody call the EPA, after calling "W" first of course.

[phuzman]

i live here i was shocked and awed! he wanted to close this airport for a while so he can build a park and name it daley lake front park. he is a idiot to do this in the middle of the nite.you should of seen how he let the anti war morons close down lake shore drive last week!

[Check6]

******g Idiots. Daley is a nazi.

[Question_Assumptions]

Was an "environmental impact" assessment done prior to the bulldozing of the runway??

Hahahahahahah! Silly Freeper. Laws don't apply to Democrats. When the dead vote for you, why should you worry about anything?

[proudofthesouth]

He has got to be getting a kickback on this project somehow.

[TXnMA]

Made famous as the home airport of the original MS Flight Simulator.

I never new Meigs existed until I got my first PC flight simulator (MS Flight Simulator). One of my favorite stunts was to take of to the north from Meigs, make a climbing left turn, turn on the smoke trail, and see how tight a "donut" I could make around the top of the Sears Tower.

I never knew how realistic the simulator was until I flew into OHare from Boston, and -- coming in over the lake, I spotted Meigs and the Tower -- I had this sudden powerful and eerie sense of deja vu...

[spunkets]

"why is this breaking news?"

Today's Monday. Last night the tyrannical bozo had bulldozers dig x's all over the runway to destroy them, with CPD backup. No EPA permits, no notice to the FAA, or anybody else for that matter. Unless of course you count his discussions with his cohorts to maximize his chances of getting away with it. He had an agreement with the State to keep it open 'til 2026.

[Nik Naym]

Did this jackass Mayor even bother to find out what is involved in getting the aircraft that are there now out? What if they CAN'T use the taxi way to depart? What if they also WON'T FIT on a truck to get them out? Does this clown have any CLUE what it would cost to dissassemble and reassemble aircraft to get them moved? How about the cost of moving utility poles and so forth, if thats the only way to truck them out? It would probably end up cheaper to re-do the runway. But then, he HAD a runway. Duh!

At the very least, the owners of the stranded aircraft should sue for loss of use, ALL costs involved in getting the planes out, and for any other losses involved.

This thing sounds so childish! I thought I had it bad living in NY State. The folks in Chicagoland seem to have an imature little jerkwad running things there.

Nik

[supercat]

At the very least, the owners of the stranded aircraft should sue for loss of use, ALL costs involved in getting the planes out, and for any other losses involved.

I hope there's some way to hit they mayor in the pocketbook personally. This action was patently illegal; the residents of Chicago shouldn't have to give up their tax dollars to pay for the crimes of their mayor.

[Ford Fairlane]

This action was patently illegal

I'm hoping you are right - the whole state has been suffering under this moron - Washington was an Idiot, but Daley is a tyrant that has run the state for too long, because no governor gets elected that his family can't control

[RyeWhiskeyJoe]

Here in Central Illinois this seems like a good thing--just not taken far enough. Maybe tonight 'da Mayor' can complete the job and bulldoze big chunks out of all the roads leading out of Chi-town, then the drug runners and murderers will be stuck in the city and will have to leave downstate alone. Seriously, the man has gone over the edge--that's what happens when our national family of liberals is allowed to inbreed at will.

[unspun]

In addition to writing to those listed in the post to which this responds, bring up http://www.friendsofmeigs.org and declare your outrage!

This is the worst act of destruction in Chicago in years, perhaps the greatest impact since 9.11.2001.

[RonF]

O'Hare is the largest. It's almost completely separated from the City, connected to it by a small isthmus of City land. Midway is inside the city on the southwest side. It's smaller, but 727's and L-1011's get in and out just fine. I use both, but prefer Midway due to the smaller size. Meigs is a one-runway airport that handles general aviation and small commuter flights only. It's on an island right on the lake front, right next to the Loop. I don't approve of his methods, but Daley is right about the proximity of the planes in and out of Meigs to downtown Chicago.

[Mr_Magoo]

Did he just dig a rut in the middle of it? I hope no one tries to do an emergency landing.

Kinda says it all . . .

[Ford Fairlane]

the proximity of the planes in and out of Meigs to downtown Chicago.

That's why it was such a good airport, they had a shuttle service to take you to the train, you could get anywhere in chicago easily, a business trip to downtown was painless (especially downtown)