Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"We ask the FAA and Committees of Congressional Oversight to follow its own due process and regulations by rejecting the City's unworkable, badly-planned and cost-burdensome proposal."

Source: Craig Johnson, Mayor of Elk Grove Village, after a study commissioned by both his town and Bensenville, IL, showed Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, in essence, lied about several facets of his big plan to expand O'Hare International Airport. For that reason -- and because they contend the plan just doesn't make sense -- both towns are now calling on the FAA to turn down Daley's requests for airport expansion grants.

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