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From today's AOPA email, for those who are still non-members:
AOPA-BACKED AMENDMENT TO SAVE MEIGS IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
AOPA's lobbying blitz in the Illinois capital of Springfield is paying off. State Representative David Leitch (R-73rd District) has introduced an amendment that would require the city of Chicago
to "restore and reopen Meigs Field as an airport for public use."
The amendment is to S.B. 802 (download at http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2003/sb802.pdf ), which would give Chicago additional powers to expand O'Hare International Airport. The amendment is currently in the House Rules Committee, which must decide to advance the legislation to the full House for consideration. AOPA members in Illinois are urged to contact their representatives http://www.elections.state.il.us/dls/pages/SelectOfficialSearch.asp) in the House and ask them to support the amendment to reopen Meigs Field. "The willingness of the Republican leadership to introduce this amendment shows that Meigs is a much bigger issue than the city of Chicago," said AOPA Vice President for Regional Affairs Bill Dunn, who is in Springfield working with Illinois lawmakers. AOPA asked for the amendment and suggested some of the language.
For more, see AOPA Online (http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-2-113x.html ).
AOPA-BACKED AMENDMENT TO SAVE MEIGS IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
AOPA's lobbying blitz in the Illinois capital of Springfield is paying off. State Representative David Leitch (R-73rd District) has introduced an amendment that would require the city of Chicago
to "restore and reopen Meigs Field as an airport for public use."
The amendment is to S.B. 802 (download at http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2003/sb802.pdf ), which would give Chicago additional powers to expand O'Hare International Airport. The amendment is currently in the House Rules Committee, which must decide to advance the legislation to the full House for consideration. AOPA members in Illinois are urged to contact their representatives http://www.elections.state.il.us/dls/pages/SelectOfficialSearch.asp) in the House and ask them to support the amendment to reopen Meigs Field. "The willingness of the Republican leadership to introduce this amendment shows that Meigs is a much bigger issue than the city of Chicago," said AOPA Vice President for Regional Affairs Bill Dunn, who is in Springfield working with Illinois lawmakers. AOPA asked for the amendment and suggested some of the language.
For more, see AOPA Online (http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-2-113x.html ).
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