CHICAGO: ORD & MDW discussion

[VivaLFuego]

As much as people complain about corruption and circumvention of the democratic process in this country (and in particular, this city), people sure seem to prefer pure authoritarian iron-fisted power when it comes to executing the projects and programs they like.

What do you want Daley to do? Call the heads of the airlines into a room and say either their brains or their signature will be on that piece of paper? Would you want to live in a country that works like that anyway?

Construction initiated by local government can only be paid for via bond issues, and bond issues require a revenue source to back the debt service payments. If it went to a vote, do you think people would choose a tax increase to pay for new runways? Daley's got no leverage here, so he'll have to concede something to the airlines.