Thursday, December 11, 2008

"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

Thanks, Rich Daley

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

More on O'Hare noise protests

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

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

John Harris enters spotlights, reluctantly

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.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Virgin 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 and eat them."