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--> Tailwind-List message posted by: Richard Lamb <lamb01@flash.net>
extract from AOPA news fed this morning....
THE MEIGS BATTLE CONTINUES
George Bullwinkel has been the AOPA Airport Support Network volunteer
for
Merrill C. Meigs Field (CGX) in Chicago since April 1999--in fact, he
was
one of the first ASN volunteers. Monday was a dark day for Bullwinkel as
his beloved airport was destroyed. His most recent report on Meigs
covers
the reaction of the press and local citizens. "Both major papers are
critical. All the columnists that I have seen so far are critical. The
radio
stations are running interviews with pro-Meigs people. The afternoon
drive-
time talk show that I heard today on WLS [ABC's AM radio outlet] was
more
than critical. Gary Meier and his sidekick absolutely excoriated the
mayor,
calling him a 'paranoid dictator' and a 'jerk.' Most of the callers were
even
more critical, with one calling the closing a 'straight-up gangster
move.'"
The fight for Meigs Field is just beginning and it drives home the point
that
the Airport Support Network is ever more vital to our efforts to sustain
and
grow general aviation in America. Without airports there can be no
airplanes.
Learn more about ASN and how you can help preserve your airport on the
Web
site ( http://www.aopa.org/asn ).
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