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Airport cash, the passe SUV and memories of an 800-pound gorilla.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 15-NOV-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Airport cash, the passe SUV and memories of an 800-pound gorilla.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jack Mabley

I have this crazy idea for Gov.-elect Rod Blagojevich.

Instead of spending $75 million to buy land for an airport at Peotone, use some of the millions to help the depressed area south of Chicago.

Rescue schools that are near bankruptcy. Start a major job- training program. Provide health care for the thousands of uninsured.

James Meeks, a new state senator from Chicago's South Side, has joined Congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Bobby Rush and others to demand that the new governor spend $75 million to buy land for the airport.

Who'd pay to...

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