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Tue, May 20, 2003

Meigs Outcry: 'It Just Won't Go Away'

"Daley's Folly" May Follow the Embattled Chicago Mayor to His Grave

Recent legal actions promise that the Meigs issue will remain a source of controversy in the courts while the public outcry over Daley's act of "domestic terrorism" continues to mount. AOPA was in federal court in Chicago last week for the first hearing on the association’s suit against the city of Chicago for closing and digging up Meigs Field airport. The judge has given AOPA until June 5 to respond to the city’s motion to dismiss. After that the city will have 11 days to answer. The judge did not say when a ruling could be expected. At that hearing, AOPA told the judge that the association will seek an emergency injunction to prevent the city from performing any further demolition if a state-issued temporary restraining order (TRO) is allowed to lapse. A state judge is expected to issue his decision about continuing that TRO on May 23. He announced that during a hearing Friday on the suit filed by Friends of Meigs and others in state court.

OKLAHOMA!

In the meantime, the outcry has instigated an uncommon action on the part of a non-associated governmental entity. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission has approved a resolution to condemn the demolition.

"The Oklahoma Aeronautics commissioners understand what we have been unable to pound into Mayor Daley's head - that closing one airport which is part of an integrated system has a ripple effect that hurts everyone," said AOPA President Phil Boyer.

The resolution calls the midnight raid on the airport an "act of domestic terrorism," and notes that it "was destroyed on March 31, 2003 by Mayor Daley in an effort to close the airport for his own personal reasons but claiming homeland security as an excuse." In their resolution, the commission called upon the Department of Homeland Security to prohibit restrictions on or closures of public use airports on claims of national security without the Department's concurrence and a specific threat.

FMI: www.friendsofmeigs.org, mayordaley@cityofchicago.org, governor@state.il.us, www.aopa.org, www.okladot.state.ok.us

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