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Meig's friends warn the fight is not yet over

Rachel Goodstein, president of the Friends of Meigs Field and executive director for Meigs Action Coalition (Booth No.

By Kim Rosenlof

June 30, 2008

Rachel Goodstein, president of the Friends of Meigs Field and executive director for Meigs Action Coalition (Booth No. 4013), said that the fight to keep open the Chicago general aviation airport, which was scheduled to close on Feb. 10, 2002, still is not over. “The city of Chicago and the city’s park commission passed ordinances that extend the airport’s lease on a month-to-month basis,” said Goodstein. “But Mayor Richard Daley will certainly close the airport if the federal legislation currently in the Senate’s hands does not pass.”

The legislation that would keep Meigs Field open until 2026 is the National Aviation Capacity Expansion Act, which ties federal funding of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Meigs’ existence. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 3479) by a resounding margin, but the corresponding S.B. 2089 has yet to reach the Senate floor.

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