---------------------------------------------------------- Tailwind-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 04/04/03: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:23 AM - Re: Meigs (Richard Lamb) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:23:23 AM PST US From: Richard Lamb Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: Meigs --> Tailwind-List message posted by: Richard Lamb 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 ).