Chicago, IL -- According to published reports, the City of Chicago has finally surrendered in its fight against the Federal Aviation Administration over the illegal closure of Meigs Field.
The Chicago Sun-Times, (9/18/06) reports that--after two years of legal wrangling and hundreds of thousands in legal bills--the City of Chicago has caved in and agreed to pay the maximum fine allowed by law for failure to give proper public notice of the closure of Meigs Field.
More significantly, the City will be forced to repay $1 million that it misspent from federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds to pay for the demolition and development of a park. A settlement agreement with the FAA is said to end over three years of legal wrangling since the complaint was first registered with the FAA by the national Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association...........
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