The reckless expansion of O'Hare Airport

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50182154442815396752011-08-02T10:46:00.899-07:00The reckless expansion of O'Hare AirportAre you among the many who think that the expansion of O'Hare International Airport as pushed by Chicago will solve its delay and capacity problems? Think again. It won't solve those problems, but it will make it a more dangerous place, and it will provide billions of dollars to contractors, consultants and other Mayor Richard M. Daley insidersDennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-18022322957675685362009-06-26T08:13:00.000-07:002009-06-26T08:15:20.707-07:00Airline influx may spell fare war

If Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport is a viable alternative to O'Hare Airport, why expand O'Hare?Read how Milwaukee hopes to compete with the nation's worst airport.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-7601577285058713102009-06-02T13:03:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:04:33.462-07:00Get ready for higher taxes at O'Hare

You may not have noticed, but legislation is working its way through Congress that would allow Chicago to raise its ticket tax on airline passengers to $7, from $4.50.How nice, a higher tax on city, suburban, business and leisure fliers to fund a dangerous redesign of O'Hare Airport, when Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley for years had promised that it wouldn't cost taxpayers anything.By the way,

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-68284890222802127882009-06-01T11:38:00.000-07:002009-06-01T11:38:10.221-07:00FAA takes new look at O'Hare noise | Crain's Chicago Business

The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a review of its longstanding airport noise standard after the new runway at O’Hare International Airport routed more departures north of Chicago, prompting complaints from residents and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) reports Crain's Chicago Business.Isn't that just wonderful. Schakowky shows her concern after the first runway is built. Can't do

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-86577402099053918412009-05-27T09:14:00.000-07:002009-05-27T09:14:05.613-07:00Hey, Chicago! Want a free airport?

Take the "Gary/Chicago Airport," please. Read how to unload this white elephant (which has been subsidized for years by Chicago). Read it at nwi.com

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-57157537290113209912009-05-22T13:07:00.000-07:002009-05-22T13:07:19.068-07:00Chicago plans to move cemetery to expand O'Hare runway, Bensenville church fights back

It ain't over until it's over. An update on Chicago's plan to dig up and move St. Johannes Cemetery.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-80134325548801253052009-05-21T11:12:00.000-07:002009-05-21T11:12:10.146-07:00Tell Chicago to stay in the city

Good advice from a reader of the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-37568841807622655092009-05-10T06:29:00.000-07:002009-05-10T06:29:32.433-07:00Roskam not reversing O'Hare expansion stance - yet

Northwest suburban Republican congressman still finds problems with the expansion plan, despite changing political winds.Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-89141367409998538132009-04-30T13:56:00.000-07:002009-04-30T13:56:59.428-07:00Johnson: Book closed on O'Hare expansion fight

As reported by the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-73745999394991611332009-04-30T08:32:00.000-07:002009-04-30T08:32:26.704-07:00Expressway proposal getting mixed reviews in Bensenville

In the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-2679302777508022102009-04-27T07:34:00.000-07:002009-04-27T07:34:06.325-07:00Changes 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.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-56581675590442218282009-04-26T10:58:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:58:04.462-07:00More insights into the O'Hare by-pass road.

In the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-67133142348210924472009-04-26T10:53:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:53:33.110-07:00Myriad reasons we need Peotone

Daily Herald letter-to-the-editor

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-38063459559773405132009-04-23T18:38:00.000-07:002009-04-23T18:38:40.392-07:00Longtime 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 |

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-91769145961241040552009-04-09T08:40:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:42:04.766-07:00Wither O'Hare expansion opposition?

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

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-17975194135723030732009-04-08T20:21:00.000-07:002009-04-08T20:26:45.847-07:00Big Victory for Daley in Suburban Elections

By Dennis ByrneChicago Daily ObserverChicago 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.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-21927805187912237872009-04-01T10:11:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:13:47.031-07:00Bensenville, 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.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-73468391236141281772009-03-27T09:24:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:24:57.824-07:00Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant

This a must read.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-29922440605946497172009-03-27T07:16:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:16:03.324-07:00Peotone airport: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget offers hope for backers of proposed Will County facility

But, the political battles continue, with Will County officials wanting to run the new airport, and a opposing, more rational proposal coming from the Abraham Lincoln Airport Authority.There should be no question what route to take: The Abraham Lincoln group has lined up two major international developers will to plan, finance, build and operate, at no cost to taxpayers. The Will County group

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-56151088914828003152009-03-26T12:59:00.000-07:002009-03-26T13:00:18.377-07:00"GOP-linked front group using O'Hare expansion to smear stimulus plan"

This may be the wackiest explanation ever made for why people oppose O'Hare Airport expansion. To link the opposition to Karl Rove, Republican big-wigs, neo-cons and--this is rich--opposition to the stimulus plan is goofy in the extreme and an affront to the facts.Truth is, the airport is backed by a coalition of Democrats and big-business, county-club Republicans, including the convicted former

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-30581150896591359192009-03-26T12:34:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:34:38.928-07:00Stifling an Opportunity

Someone from the national media finally notice the folly of delaying the south suburban airport.Read it here and here

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-88335386668981351032009-03-26T12:28:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:29:34.331-07:00More propaganda from Gary

This article renews some tired, old talk about expanding Gary Airport, as if it could be the third major Chicago airport, or a substitute for the proposed South Suburban Airport. Although the article suggests that Gary is further ahead in its planning, it should be noted that the Federal Aviation Administration and the states of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin previously considered the idea and

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-12396119722505809582009-03-05T07:32:00.000-08:002009-03-05T07:33:47.928-08:00More "ringroad" news

Wait, didn't Chicago assure everyone that the "ringroad" around O'Hare Airport would go on airport property? I seem to recall that assurance being issued whenever Elk Grove Village warned that the only place that it could go would be through its industrial park.Now we read here that the Illinois Department of Transportation is showing that an "alternative" route could go through the industrial

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-90367069012794658052009-03-04T07:19:00.000-08:002009-03-04T07:19:10.588-08:00Ill. hasn't sought transit stimulus cash - Chicago Breaking News

But we know that Mayor Richard M. Daley wants $50 million for his O'Hare Airport expansion. Read it here .

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-37686528647784249202009-03-03T11:28:00.000-08:002009-03-03T11:28:05.451-08:00Another O'Hare deal for an insider

Walsh's O'Hare deal reopens old wound

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-24929866103425735642009-02-28T07:47:00.000-08:002009-02-28T07:47:10.776-08:00Chicago gets FAA approval to spend $182 million on O'Hare expansion design

The FAA blows your money on a pie in the sky expansion of O'Hare. Aside from the questionable legality (the ticket tax was intended to be used for actual construction, not for plans), there is the sight of $182 million going down the drain for a project that the airlines say they don't even want. More proof that the FAA continues to be in the tank for Richard M. DaleyDetails are here.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-77044380827011452882009-02-27T08:55:00.000-08:002009-02-27T08:55:29.951-08:00Dist. 214 To Host Special Meeting On O'Hare Ring Road

You mean that after years of hemming and hawing, O'Hare expansion enablers are finally going to tell everyone where the ring road around the airport will go?Here it here

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-59611835815114831622009-02-23T15:36:00.000-08:002009-02-23T15:36:29.887-08:00Daley brushes off questions on link between O'Hare deals, alderman's brother

I know nothing, Daley says.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-25188643385435791732009-02-21T07:23:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:23:29.139-08:00Who will govern region's 3rd airport?

Here is some background on the fight over the construction of a south suburban airport, which is an important part of the O'Hare Airport expansion saga. It describes the contest between a group of south suburban suburbs that has the better plan and a late-coming Will County group for control over the new airport.What the story doesn't mention is that the Will County group is a stalking horse for

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-71748602319231848082009-02-20T13:32:00.000-08:002009-02-20T13:32:43.158-08:00Tell Congress, no federal funding for O'Hare expansion

Go to the link at Citizens Against Government Waste:

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-42207757421881768622009-02-18T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-18T10:32:02.638-08:00Opponents of O'Hare expansion unveil new campaign

More details on the ad campaign and the failure of the expansion plan are found in the Chicago Tribune

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-81234358796708023662009-02-17T15:11:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:19:37.944-08:00Momentum Shifts, O'Hare Expansion Plans Hit With Reality

Link

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-22008950267668494252009-02-17T15:04:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:04:20.654-08:00Push To Stop O'Hare Expansion

Link

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-4953265003887369082009-02-12T10:21:00.000-08:002009-02-12T10:21:55.247-08:00Feds want ex-Blago aide to spill O'Hare info

According to Carol Marin in the Chicago Sun-Times

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-63770704471618217872009-02-12T10:15:00.000-08:002009-02-12T10:16:14.006-08:00Illinois Legislators Label O'Hare Expansion Plan as Runway to Nowhere, Tell Congress to Reject Federal Funding of Pork Project

Details of press conference

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-9806685010722448902009-02-12T09:23:00.000-08:002009-02-12T09:23:40.743-08:00Here's one mayor that doesn't want "stimulus" money

Bensenville Mayor John Geils goes to Washington to fight against "stimulus" funds being award to O'Hare expansion. Read it in the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-16867216795838192542009-02-12T09:01:00.000-08:002009-02-12T09:02:53.234-08:00More links to kinky dealing at O'Hare Airport

Chicagoist is the latest to take note of the monkey business at O'Hare and how it might threaten the expansion project.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-85990790197200569492009-02-11T08:43:00.000-08:002009-02-11T08:43:01.831-08:00Daley hoping to land funds for O'Hare -- chicagotribune.com

Maybe Mayor Richard M. Daley can explain while he's asking for this money, why he needs it when he and his administration time after time assured us that the money was there to move ahead on this absurd expansion. Maybe he should be required to explain to American taxpayers why they should be called upon to fix his mistakes.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-51377541057611213362009-02-10T11:30:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:30:50.582-08:00What's that? Only $50 million short?

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley reveals that his federal stimulus package wish list includes $50 million to make up a "deficit" in the O'Hare Airport expansion program. Without the money, he said, the project won't be completed on time, in 2014.Good one, Richie.While you're in D.C. begging, why don't you ask for the billions of dollars that the program lacks, because the airlines won't commit to

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-89444814136732641882009-02-07T09:28:00.000-08:002009-02-07T09:28:04.938-08:00Stimulus Sparks Debate Over O'Hare Expansion - MarketWatch

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. argues that the stimulus package should not be used to fund the $20-billion white-elephant, O'Hare Airport Expansion. The south suburban airport would cost only a fraction of that--$500 million, funded by private sources--and solve the region's aviation congestion problem better than expanding O'Hare.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-39673523477011260792009-02-06T09:15:00.000-08:002009-02-06T09:15:09.348-08:00More shenanigans at O'Hare

Friend of Rod Blagojevich hit with new federal charges -- chicagotribune.com

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-20450658195689313122009-02-03T20:06:00.000-08:002009-02-03T20:06:19.364-08:00Mayor Daley Looking for Piece of Stimulus Pie

Political Machine - Politics Blog, Opinion and Analysis - AOL News

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-50724655301759130362009-02-02T08:51:00.000-08:002009-02-02T08:51:44.879-08:00O'Hare Expansion Opponents Decry Possible Loss Of Cemetery

In Aero-News Network

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-29371661068486355262009-02-01T09:23:00.000-08:002009-02-01T09:23:22.122-08:00Pat Quinn, Illinois' new governor, opposed O'Hare expansion

Will he continue to? It will be a test of his independence from the bi-partisan combine that runs IllinoisDaily Herald | What Gov. Quinn means for the suburbs

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-70544603902210411842009-01-30T13:21:00.000-08:002009-01-30T13:21:06.152-08:00Obama staff inquires about potential Gary airport landings

This would not have been a problem if Mayor Daley had not blocked the south suburban airport. It could have been up and running already, and there would have been no problem about "disrupting" traffic at O'Hare or Midway.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-45256020250806569312009-01-30T09:23:00.000-08:002009-01-30T09:23:01.244-08:00Chicago Threatens Religious Rights Across the United States - MarketWatch

One small cemetery stands in the way of Daley's big plans. Read here

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-30445594850956053492009-01-28T09:27:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:27:01.637-08:00Park Ridge stirs

After the village dropped out of the organized O'Hare expansion opposition a few years ago, Park Ridge citizens may have an opportunity to decide whether to re-enter the battle. A referendum may be placed on the ballot to spend money to examine the environmental impact of the new runway on the town.Read it in this link

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-64227432874802456242009-01-27T08:16:00.000-08:002009-01-27T08:16:13.707-08:00Insanity

USATODAY.com

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-91062125067174444422009-01-27T06:55:00.000-08:002009-01-27T06:56:01.560-08:00Milwaukee's airport gains at expense of O'Hare

While O'Hare and Midway airports are losing business, Milwaukee's Mitchell Airport is enjoying new growth. You can thank Mayor Richard M. Daley for that.Milwaukee's Mitchell Airport posted record increases in 2008 compared with 2007, for the 17th straight months of record growth. The reason? O'Hare is a mess and for many travelers in northern Illinois, Mitchell has become a viable alternative:

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-21100411710117725732009-01-22T07:16:00.000-08:002009-01-22T07:20:17.413-08:00Oh, gee, another $163 million no one noticed

Chicago will pay United Airlines $163 million to move a cargo facility that stands in the way of the next, new runway at O'Hare Airport, according to the Chicago Tribune. In the over-all scam, err, scheme of a $15 billion airport, that's not much. But did anybody bother to ask where the $163 million is coming from?Who would have thought? By the way, did you notice that there's no mention of where

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-73539091505174838362009-01-21T11:09:00.000-08:002009-01-21T11:10:47.640-08:00But has their on-time performance improved any?

Lackluster economy hits O'Hare, Midway airports

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-74983914760928168652009-01-20T20:11:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:11:20.230-08:00Delta, AirTran could move flights from Atlanta if can't reach suitable new lease agreement

Is this necessarily good news for O'Hare Airport?Not really. The airlines are chaffing under the high costs of doing business at the Atlanta airport. If they can't maintain competitive costs on fees they pay, they will have to take some of their business elsewhere, according to the Associated Press.The reason this isn't good news for O'Hare is that to support the cost of its expansion, the city

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-41502715443560919222009-01-20T08:07:00.000-08:002009-01-20T08:07:18.256-08:00Economic Woes Don't Touch O'Hare Expansion

CHICAGO, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As city workers fear job cuts and suffer furloughs, the O'Hare Modernization Project is still moving forward. The city of Chicago is facing one of the worst economic situations ever and is more than $450 million in the red. The project, which needs an estimated $20 billion worth of taxpayer funding, is behind schedule and under-funded. In addition

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-39511902134999537262009-01-19T11:42:00.000-08:002009-01-19T11:44:09.686-08:00Daley to nail down stimulus money for O’Hare Airport expansion

Read more in The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor, then follow the link to the Chicago Daily Observer

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-8347253946783589132009-01-17T11:01:00.000-08:002009-01-17T11:05:51.484-08:00A heart-rending view of a murdered neighborhood

Here you will find a video of the homes and businesses in the peaceful, well-maintained neighborhood that will be destroyed by Mayor Richard M. Daley's O'Hare Airport expansion. This is highly recommended, if you have any sense of compassion.

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Go to: Chicago Breaking News

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-92223514411852257402009-01-14T12:45:00.000-08:002009-01-14T12:45:45.382-08:00Mayor Daley Seizes Land for Unfunded Project - Townhall.com

Amanda Carpenter, in TownHall.com

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-30967608494000471892009-01-10T11:16:00.000-08:002009-01-10T11:16:40.124-08:00Chicago whines

Chicago says that a fair hearing in court for Bensenville and its residents will cost Chicago time and money. Gee, too bad. Chicago's assault on Bensenville has cost the village a lot more.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-47484441170716028882009-01-10T11:10:00.000-08:002009-01-10T11:10:57.586-08:00O'Hare homes not dead yet

Read it in the Sun-Times

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Read it in the Daily Herald

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-48622914368779272282008-12-26T12:42:00.000-08:002008-12-26T12:42:37.511-08:00Another told-ya-so for Park Ridge

Mulligan: O'Hare noise commission was 'sell-out' to Chicago's interests

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-47952979455116481782008-12-17T16:08:00.000-08:002008-12-17T16:08:59.462-08:00O'Hare deal in works?

UAL, American offer to fund O’Hare runway work, but at a price | Crain's

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-65143515478300954102008-12-11T10:29:00.000-08:002008-12-11T10:32:01.537-08:00"You need a little corruption to make government work"

Well, that's at least is what we're told. But, here's another example of how the state's seamy reputation costs us: State delays $1.4B debt offering | Crain's

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Forbes magazine names Bensenville as America's fastest dying town. Bensenville says it's not dead yet, but blame Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's plans to expanded his pot-of-gold, O'Hare Airport, for threatening the town's existence.Read it in the Daily Herald

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New runway brings complaints :: News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Norridge and Harwood Heights News

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Those O'Hare expansion guys sure turn up in the most unsurprising places. Like at the defendant's table in a federal courtroom. Read about John Harris' rise from an instrument of Mayor Richard M. Daley's O'Hare expansion plan into Gov. Rod Blagojevich's inner circle.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-43005968331488519192008-12-08T14:07:00.000-08:002008-12-08T14:12:02.938-08:00Virgin America Welcomed to Boston, Chased Out of Chicago - SmarterTravel.com

Here's another view on Virgin getting booted out of Chicago:"Almost all gates are currently leased through 2018 by major airlines including American, United, and Delta, which, despite having collectively reduced their capacity at O'Hare by 23 percent since 2000, refused to give up any gates to Virgin America. So effectively, those major airlines have told O'Hare flyers to take their high prices

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-29335685004175098972008-12-08T08:12:00.000-08:002008-12-08T08:18:34.182-08:00Virgin America to start hub service

But not at O'Hare Airport.Only a couple of days after Virgin withdrew its unsuccessful effort to land at O'Hare,, the airline announced that it would launch service from Boston to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Too bad Chicago.Virgin pulled out of Chicago because it was unable to negotiate access to O'Hare gates. And why is that, especially now with so many unused gates there?Because United and

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-32237087710072505852008-12-05T18:12:00.000-08:002008-12-05T18:12:22.361-08:00Residents near O'Hare protest noise

They say the city lied to them. The new north runway was supposed to be used only by small regional jets, they said.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-86340894398099624062008-12-05T13:46:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:51:17.389-08:00Chicago to Virgin Airlines: We don't need your stinking business

Virgin abandons O'Hare plans | Crain'sFor an earlier story about how Chicago and its friends at United and American have blocked economic growth, go here.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-45334228222953003272008-12-05T07:47:00.000-08:002008-12-05T13:48:26.674-08:00Justice for Park Ridge and Des Plaines?

Several years ago, Park Ridge and Des Plaines withdrew their opposition to the expansion of O'Hare Airport. In Des Plaines, voters elected a pro-expansion mayor after years of opposition, thanks to some heavy footwork done by the Democratic patronage army in the east part of town. Before that, the Des Plaines mayor withdrew his town's membership in the Suburban O'Hare Commission, a consortium of

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-21287107947166669642008-12-04T06:11:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:19:41.913-08:00Bensenville upbeat that expansion of O'Hare will never go forward -- chicagotribune.com

Airlines' concerns will doom project, Bensenville says

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-41363037794149066052008-12-02T19:31:00.000-08:002008-12-02T19:31:17.431-08:00Appeals court hears O'Hare expansion foes' case

(AP) — Appellate judges have heard arguments from a Chicago suburb hoping to stop the demolition of more than 500 homes in the path of a planned runway at O'Hare International Airport.Story is here.

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Dan Curry asks the question. Who, indeed?

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-60180506096823588722008-11-24T15:51:00.000-08:002008-11-24T15:52:38.910-08:00O'Hare Airport revenue dries up

This is bad news for Mayor Richard M. Daley's stubborn plans to expand O'Hare Airport. This story also describes how other cities have scaled back airport expansion plans in the face of industry uncertainty. But not Daley.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-33188125764560347192008-11-20T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-20T13:01:27.353-08:00O’Hare expansion is on life support

Is the major airlines’ rejection of further O’Hare Airport expansion a death knell for the $15-billion-plus project, or is it, as the Daley administration asserts, just a hiccup in the process, caused, in part, by the current economic downturn?Predictions are risky, but without the airlines shoveling billions of dollars into the expansion, as the Daley administration was counting on, it’s hard to

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-16206496380752143882008-11-20T09:59:00.000-08:002008-11-20T10:00:26.796-08:00Who will put Bensenville back together again?

The east side of Bensenville, a working class suburb, has been virtually destroyed for an expansion of O’Hare Airport that looks now like it will never happen.So, will Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and his city pay to restore what was once the largest and most successful community of affordable housing in DuPage County? They should, but don’t count on it.What Daley and his greedy cronies did to

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-21236197853902035592008-11-20T08:22:00.000-08:002008-11-20T08:24:15.401-08:00Time to support a better alternative to O’Hare Expansion

The airlines’ stinging rebuke (see below) to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s O’Hare expansion plans leaves an obvious question:If O’Hare expansion isn’t the answer to the crowded skies over Chicago, what is?The answer has been out there for decades: a new south suburban airport. And fortunately, the groundwork already has been laid. A commission of Chicago suburbs won agreement from two

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-91802158173357117242008-11-20T07:20:00.000-08:002008-11-20T07:25:40.879-08:00Airlines at last say no to further O’Hare expansion

In a stunning reversal and a slap at Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s grandiose dream to expand O’Hare International Airport, the major carriers have rejected costly city plans for additional runways and terminals the airport.The significance of the reversal, disclosed today by Chicago Tribune reporters Jon Hilkevitch and Julie Johnson, would be difficult to understate. In rejecting further

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-51534842495409272862008-11-19T08:39:00.000-08:002008-11-19T08:41:30.535-08:00Quashing low-fare competition at O’Hare

By Dennis ByrneChicago Daily ObserverThe upstart and lower-fare Virgin Airlines’ plans to initiate service at O’Hare Airport, and thus bring competition, more jobs and economic development to the Chicago area, appears jeopardized by the sweetheart deal between the Daley administration and the legacy airlines that control the airport. Which raises the question: When will someone, especially in

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-79140917758718993432008-10-08T09:37:00.000-07:002008-10-08T09:37:51.737-07:00Why the rush on $2.5B Midway Airport deal?

Daley: Because I said so.Good deal or not (read here) here, Greg Hinz is right: Anything in this town that's so rushed should raise grave suspicions.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-64083008377522431942008-09-30T15:05:00.000-07:002008-09-30T15:05:47.605-07:00Daley thinks it's his idea?

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley sounds like he came up with the idea of leasing a major airport. Chicago's south suburban airport, which he so fiercely opposed, would have been designed, financed, built and constructed by private contractors, without cost to taxpayers.Good for the goose, but not the gander.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-81145828334928162682008-09-17T19:11:00.000-07:002008-09-17T19:12:14.476-07:00Chicago needs more airport capacity: FAA chief

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says Chicago will either need to build a new airport or vastly expand one of its existing airports to keep pace with demand in the future, the Associated Press reported.That is is addition to the $15-billion expansion of O'Hare Airport, and contradicts Mayo9r Richard M. Daley's repeated assertions that O'Hare expansion is all that is needed. If not

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-75486313822711075822008-08-20T14:33:00.000-07:002008-08-20T14:33:55.612-07:00The mayor's wife gets free use of the new O'Hare runway.

City cash helps Maggie's big soiree take off: Hinz | Crain'sWhy not? It's just sitting there empty.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-71102609484979586332008-08-14T14:24:00.000-07:002008-10-08T09:38:49.836-07:00Andolino in Wonderland

O'Hare expansion moving forward, project leader says -- chicago tribune.comRosemary Andolino, the project manager of O'Hare Airport expansion, says that everything is on schedule, despite it being two years behind schedule and the airlines say they won't pay for the second, most vital phase of the expansion.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-70092868458819336802008-08-11T11:22:00.000-07:002008-08-11T11:24:47.885-07:00The hypocrisy of affordable housing "advocates"

Not a peep was heard from them when Mayor Richard M. Daley set out to destroy DuPage County's largest and most vibrant community of low- and moderate-income families for O'Hare Airport expansion.Read it in the Chicago Daily Observer.

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-10618386356175084292008-07-31T18:15:00.000-07:002008-07-31T18:35:43.408-07:00Tens pounds of airplane in a five-pound bag

Here is an actual message sent from Orbitz to airline passengers who were delayed today while transferring flights at O'Hare Airport:Passengers scheduled to arrive at Chicago O'Hare airport through the late evening may encounter delays averaging 45 minutes. The large number of flights scheduled to arrive at the airport exceeds the number of aircraft that can land hourly. This does not change your

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-86432341078588432212008-07-26T13:43:00.000-07:002008-07-26T13:43:42.309-07:00More Problems at O’Hare Airport

If Mayor Richard M. Daley can’t get his phantasmagoric O’Hare Airport expansion plan completed in time for the 2016 Olympics, maybe he can get the Games postponed. That’s because he has a better chance of getting the Olympics delayed than he has of realizing his airport expansion hallucination by then.Read more in the Chicago Daily Observer

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-41485413298154721702008-07-24T14:37:00.000-07:002008-07-24T14:37:33.681-07:00And still, they don't arrive or depart on time

O'Hare, Midway see big traffic drops

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-71427196746322403252008-07-23T18:40:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:49:06.747-07:00Another near disaster at O'Hare

The first new O'Hare runway hasn't even opened yet, and the National Transportation Safety Board is reporting a near midair collision between two planes there.While on-ground runway/taxiway incursions are the number one concern of aviation safety experts, it should be noted that the skies over O'Hare are near capacity. The difficulty of keeping approaching and departing planes separate was a

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-54799728846679129802008-07-15T07:37:00.000-07:002008-07-15T07:56:40.120-07:00Stoplights at O'Hare. It's about time.

The folks at the Federal Aviation Administration--the geniuses who gave the green light to the ultra-extravagant and dangerous O'Hare Airport expansion--have come up with a way to help prevent the greatest threat to aviation safety: runway collisions.They'll be installing stop and go lights at the intersections of runways and taxiways at O'Hare and 19 other busy airports. Stop lights; who would

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-41368647842248107192008-07-12T08:32:00.000-07:002008-07-12T08:51:24.916-07:00Lawyer for Chicago in O'Hare expansion project has ties to DuPage County chief

A few years ago, the DuPage County board and its chairman, Bob Schillerstrom, were adamantly opposed to the expansion of O'Hare Airport. Then suddenly and without public warning, Schillerstrom engineered a board vote to reverse that long-held position. Expansion opponents expressed their belief that Schillerstrom, his board members and their friends were promised a quid pro quo for changing their

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-84873320785464561222008-07-11T18:02:00.000-07:002008-07-11T18:02:12.528-07:00City pushes forward with lofty O'Hare plans

Who will pay for Phase 2 of Daley's O'Hare expansion plan when United and America say they won't pay for it?You will.See this Chicago Sun-Times analysis

Dennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018215444281539675.post-54663978347767419132008-07-11T12:17:00.000-07:002008-07-11T12:44:09.103-07:00This is stupid

Crain's Chicago Business reported* that Chicago is considering privatizing a portion of O'Hare Airport to raise as much as $800 million for airport expansion as expected major funding from United and American airlines is drying up.Paul Volpe, the city’s chief financial officer, said in a letter to the two airlines that while the Daley administration hopes that the two will agree to pay for the

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