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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message news Daley is also attempting to justify the city's possible misuse of $1.49 million in federal grants and passenger facility charges to tear up Meigs. The mayor claimed that the city, which leased the land for Meigs Field from the Chicago Park District, "lost its lease" and had no choice but to close the airport. And because the city could no longer use the land as an airport, it was obligated to restore the property to its original condition. Northerly Island is man-made. Restoration to it's original condition would require it to be removed completely. |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
At last, justice is done, and the criminals have been fined. But one wonders why it took the AOPA to get the FAA to enforce the law: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 8, Issue 38 September 22, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------- FAA SLAPS CHICAGO IN FINAL MEIGS DECISION As a result of AOPA's complaint, Chicago will pay a $33,000 fine for illegally tearing up Meigs Field without proper notification. And the city will have to repay $1 million of airport funds that Mayor Richard M. Daley illegally diverted from O'Hare and Midway airports to give to the destruction contractors. And with the more than $550,000 the city has already spent attempting to fight the fine and repayment, hapless Chicago taxpayers are out close to $1.6 million, and they've lost a world-class airport that generated $57 million a year in economic activity for the city. The FAA announced the final settlement with the city Monday. The city admitted no wrongdoing. "This sends a clear signal to other cities that the FAA is serious about upholding its regulations and that AOPA is serious about holding everyone's feet to the fire when it comes to protecting airports," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. AOPA filed the original complaints that resulted in the fine and fund repayment. "Many of us always thought that the civil penalty of $1,100 per day was 'chump change' to a city with the budget of Chicago," said Boyer. "But whether he admits it or not, it shows that Daley violated FAA regulations and could have put aircraft at risk." And for the future, it won't be chump change. That's because after Meigs, AOPA successfully lobbied Congress to increase the fine to $10,000 per day, to make it much more painful for another city to attempt a midnight airport raid. Notice of the proposed closure must also be published in the "Federal Register." See AOPA Online ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...0919meigs.html ). On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:13:45 GMT, Orval Fairbairn wrote in : For what it is worth, I just received the following notice: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APA 35 October 1, 2004 Contact: Greg Martin or Tony Molinaro Phone: 202-267-3883 or 847-294-7427 FAA Proposes Legal Action Against City of Chicago¹s Meigs Field Closure WASHINGTON, DC * The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that it is taking legal action over the 2003 closure of Meigs Field which could result in penalties against the city of Chicago. The FAA is citing the agency¹s regulatory responsibility to preserve the national airspace system and ensure the traveling public with reasonable access to airports as the basis for its action today. The FAA is proposing a civil penalty of $33,000, the legal maximum, against the city and, separately, is initiating an investigation into possible violations by the city of its federal grant assurances and its airport sponsor obligations. The $33,000 proposed civil penalty stems from the city¹s failure to provide the required 30-day notice to the FAA of the deactivation of Meigs Field. The notice requirement is intended to allow the FAA to study proposed actions that may affect the national airspace system prior to the actions being taken. According to FAA regulations, a maximum penalty of $1,100 per day can be assessed for a violation of this type. Additionally, the FAA has initiated an investigation to determine whether the city improperly diverted $1.5 million in restricted airport revenues to pay for demolishing the runway at Meigs and for its conversion from an airport into a city park. The city has 30 days to reply to the FAA on these issues. The FAA has held several discussions with representatives of the city to reach an informal resolution of the issues, but it will now move forward with these formal actions to obtain additional facts. In addition to the possibility of a civil penalty of $33,000, the city of Chicago could be required to return monies to the O¹Hare Airport Development Fund. Should the city refuse to return any improperly diverted revenue to the Fund, further sanctions are possible, including a civil penalty of up to three times the amount of the diverted funds. Gary Orpe A79228 E690190 Certified Virus free by Ed Norton. All are absolutely free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20...LSAA/jrDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
Larry Dighera wrote:
At last, justice is done, and the criminals have been fined. But one wonders why it took the AOPA to get the FAA to enforce the law: I don't know....$1.6 million isn't anything to the city, and Daley would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing he'd be fined. |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:08:33 -0500, Emily
wrote in : Larry Dighera wrote: At last, justice is done, and the criminals have been fined. But one wonders why it took the AOPA to get the FAA to enforce the law: I don't know....$1.6 million isn't anything to the city, and Daley would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing he'd be fined. Right. This fine addresses the civil aspect of the issue, but what of the criminal acts? Perhaps the federal fine paves the way for those pilots who were endangered by Daley's midnight raid to file suits, with a greater likelihood of winning their cases. |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
"Emily" wrote in message news Larry Dighera wrote: At last, justice is done, and the criminals have been fined. But one wonders why it took the AOPA to get the FAA to enforce the law: I don't know....$1.6 million isn't anything to the city, and Daley would do it again in a heartbeat, even knowing he'd be fined. Unfortunately, I agree. Unless Chicago were forced to restore the airport (never a serious possibility), we lose. That land (which Chicago effectively stole) is worth far more than the $1.6 million. I see a solid win for Chicago. And the "criminals" themselves get off scott free, it was the taxpayers who foot the bill for the tiny fine, not the actual criminals. Vaughn |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I agree. Unless Chicago were forced to restore the airport (never a serious possibility), we lose. That land (which Chicago effectively stole) is worth far more than the $1.6 million. I see a solid win for Chicago. And the "criminals" themselves get off scott free, it was the taxpayers who foot the bill for the tiny fine, not the actual criminals. I see it as a solid loss for everyone. Aviators lose a fine airport, Chicago loses an asset which generated far more annual revenue for the city than $1.6 million, and Daley loses his casino. |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
Vaughn Simon wrote:
That land (which Chicago effectively stole) It's always somewhat strange when a white American complains about land being stolen... Stefan |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
Stefan wrote: Vaughn Simon wrote: That land (which Chicago effectively stole) It's always somewhat strange when a white American complains about land being stolen... Stefan Oh yeah, that's right, white Americans are EVIL!!!! We stole everything and are the cause of all the worlds problems! You remind me of a cousin of mine. We were walking down the stairwell of a parking garage near the San Francisco wharf and I complained about the grafitti on the walls. His response was "when the Indians were here, they could write on anything they wanted". An hour later after seeing the waterfront, we were walking up another stairwell in the garage and encountered a strong urine odor. My cousin said "I wish people wouldn't pee in here", so I said "when the Indians were here, they could pee wherever they wanted". Get the point? History is history. |
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FAA Goes after Chicago on Meigs
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Stefan wrote: That land (which Chicago effectively stole) It's always somewhat strange when a white American complains about land being stolen... Ok then, I'll complain that the land was stolen. Do you feel better now? btw - who did your people steal land from? -- Bob Noel Looking for a sig the lawyers will hate |
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