Meigs

[airmedplt]

FAA Proposes Legal Action Against City of Chicago’s Meigs Field Closure

WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) today announced
that it is taking legal action over
the 2003 closure of Meigs Field which
could result in penalties against the
city of Chicago. The FAA is citing the
agency’s regulatory responsibility to
preserve the national airspace system
and ensure the traveling public with
reasonable access to airports as the
basis for its action today.

The FAA is proposing a civil penalty
of $33,000, the legal maximum, against
the city and, separately, is
initiating an investigation into
possible violations by the city of its
federal grant assurances and its
airport sponsor obligations.

The $33,000 proposed civil penalty
stems from the city’s failure to
provide the required 30-day notice to
the FAA of the deactivation of Meigs
Field. The notice requirement is
intended to allow the FAA to study
proposed actions that may affect the
national airspace system prior to the
actions being taken. According to FAA
regulations, a maximum penalty of
$1,100 per day can be assessed for a
violation of this type.

Additionally, the FAA has initiated an
investigation to determine whether the
city improperly diverted $1.5 million
in restricted airport revenues to pay
for demolishing the runway at Meigs
and for its conversion from an airport
into a city park. The city has 30
days to reply to the FAA on these
issues.

The FAA has held several discussions
with representatives of the city to
reach an informal resolution of the
issues, but it will now move forward
with these formal actions to obtain
additional facts. In addition to the
possibility of a civil penalty of
$33,000, the city of Chicago could be
required to return monies to the
O’Hare Airport Development Fund.
Should the city refuse to return any
improperly diverted revenue to the
Fund, further sanctions are possible,
including a civil penalty of up to
three times the amount of the diverted
funds.

 

[SigAV8R]

It's about time

AMEN!!! May Daly burn in h*ll for the rest of his life!

 

[GravityHater]

AMEN!!! May Daly burn in h*ll for the rest of his life!

And beyond!

 

[A1FlyBoy]

Local coverage makes it apparent that the City of Chicago has already been told to pony up the $33k for it's illegal activity. An investigation of how Mayor Daley spent over 1 million dollars ear marked for O'Hare funding, to demop Meigs without 30 days notice and under the cloak of darkness, is underway with a 4 million fine if found guilty as charged.

 

[sky37d]

The unfortunate thing is the city will pay, and taxes will go up, but the mayor will not feel a thing. To bad there are not criminal charges to go with it.


Also, to bad they don't suspend expansion activity at ORD, pending the outcome.

 

[pilotyip]

Daly’s new revenue source

Daly wants to make smoking pot a traffic ticket type of penalty.

 

[Swass]

Deleted.

 

[FN FAL]

If the people of Illinois can't be trusted with Federally registered firearms, who the hell would trust them with an airport...dagnappit!

 

[A Squared]

Too little, too late

I'd like to have Daly feel some pain in this matter, unfortunately, the FAA doesn't have any teeth in this matter. $33,000 is just chicken feed in an issue like this.

 

[Dubya]

I'd like to have Daly feel some pain in this matter, unfortunately, the FAA doesn't have any teeth in this matter. $33,000 is just chicken feed in an issue like this.

The saddest part is Daly sits back every evening with all his power and money and minions and laughs out loud at all of the spineless citizens that allow his corrupt regime to stay in power. What a jacka$$.

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