Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"If people want to criticize me for standing up to the Chicago Daley machine and fighting for the people of Bensenville, so be it, but I know I would never accept support from any group that wasn't protecting Bensenville. Bensenville is my home: I was born here; I was raised here; and I will die here. I will fight to protect this town with every inch of my fiber. Soto and his supporters clearly don't feel the same."

Source: John Geils, President of the Village of Bensenville, IL. A letter from the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council recently sent to voters in DuPage County has called on union members to support the candidacy of Frank Soto for Village President of the Chicago suburb. In something of an odd campaign strategy, the letter criticized Geils for opposing the O'Hare Modernization Program (OMP)...  which has led to nearly 600 homes in Bensenville being leveled so far, and also threatens to uproot a historic cemetery in the area.

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