Johnson: Book closed on O'Hare expansion fight

As reported by the Daily Herald

Expressway proposal getting mixed reviews in Bensenville

In the Daily Herald

Changes in Bensenville, Elk Grove Village leave lawyer who has fought O'Hare expansion in limbo

He vows to continue the fight, he tells the Sun-Times.

More insights into the O'Hare by-pass road.

In the Daily Herald

Myriad reasons we need Peotone

Daily Herald letter-to-the-editor

Longtime O'Hare expansion foe ends fight after state drops Busse plan

Elk Grove Village wins its long-time fight against highway route that would destroy its industrial park. Read it in the Daily Herald |

Wither O'Hare expansion opposition?

Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson vows to continue airport fight without Geils, according to the Daily Herald

Big Victory for Daley in Suburban Elections

By Dennis Byrne
Chicago Daily Observer

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley wasn’t on the ballots in Bensenville or Des Plaines, yet he won resounding victories in the northwestern suburbs when his candidates for town leadership swept away their competition.

Daley’s successful assault on the towns now leaves serious questions about the viability of any remaining opposition to O’Hare Airport expansion. For the Chicago Boss, it has to be a sweet climax to his decade-long campaign to silence elected suburban opposition to the $16-billion-plus airport enlargement.

In Bensenville, he broke the back of O’Hare Airport expansion opposition by vanquishing President John Geils and in Des Plaines, he strengthened his pro-expansion tentacles with the mayoral election of the pro-expansion Martin Moylan.

Read more in the Chicago Daily Observer

Bensenville, DesPlaines: Chicago's new 51st and 52nd wards?

Daley is muscling into suburban elections near O'Hare, according to critics cited in a Chicago Tribune story.

A Daley spokeswoman said she didn't know any of the political operatives involved, although they worked for him politically. Sorry, Richie, the line that you've got no interest in the suburbs near O'Hare--where opposition to the airport expansion is strong--just doesn't work anymore.