You'll hear a lot of protestations over the next few days and weeks because of the lies and deceit of a master politician who has acted in his own best interests, instead of those who elected him. An old-style political bully, Daley (right) fraudulently wrapped himself in the cloak of a protector in claiming that the destruction of Meigs was an anti-terrorism action... when in actuality, it was an act of political terrorism against a nation's pilots and all the assets they once brought to the windy city.

Meigs may well be dead. And the aviation world has been shaken to the core... but the stand we did not take so effectively in the past must be taken now. There must be a price to pay for the political dishonesty and moral cowardice of the Mayor Daleys of the world, there must be a reckoning when one man attacks an entire segment of society as well as a national asset, there must be a fearsome and costly response to an act that outrages everyone who loves aviation and understands that it is an integral part of what moves this country forward each and every day. Make Daley pay. Make Chicago pay for electing this fool. Make the world understand that aviation is a vital resource that is not to be trifled with. Let there be a cost for such arrogance and destruction... a cost that no one else will be willing to pay again.

ANN Suggests A World-Wide Boycott of Daley's Chicago

We believe that aviators the world over must rethink any plans to visit, or spend any money in, the Chicago area... if Chicago's myopic powers-that-be so want to isolate the aviation world, we should also isolate our dollars and business from Chicago and take them elsewhere. ANN's Editor-In-Chief was scheduling a trip that would have originally taken him through Chicago next month. Instead, he has canceled it, and all Chicago area activities that might have meant spending money there, and decided to conduct his trip through Milwaukee, instead.

Boycott Chicago. Boycott Daley. If they hate us, they'll not profit from us ever again. Boycott Chicago.

FMI: mayordaley@cityofchicago.org, governor@state.il.us