Reply #14: when ritchie daley tore up meigs field, you would have thought he

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had murdered mother theresa. everybody wants to see a dem with a spine. but when one shows up, he is decried as a bully and a thug. that was years ago, and to this day when i stick up for my mayor, even among dems, meigs field will be one of the first couple of reasons they will give for hating him. (dems who hate our dem mayor, i could write a book.) trust me, threaten any of these airports, and you will kick up a dust storm that will ruin you eyesight.

and conversely, children's memorial hospital here has been working on plans to replace its existing hodge podge of a hospital with an efficient 21st century one. this is the hospital of last resort for the poor in chicago, and illinois. it is also a place where some of the most flippin' amazing medical feats are performed.
they have the money, they have the land, they have the resources. guess why they are not building? the (very rich) people in the neighborhood where they want to build have them tied up in court, objecting to the helicopter pad.

got it? teenie airstrip for fat cats, good. heliport for critically ill and injured children? bad thing.