Chicagoist: Chicago: Home To Two of the Worst Pieces of US Infrastructure

ednamode

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:21:46 -0600

What about the CTA? How could they have missed that one? Ten years of negligent mismanagement, plenty of accidents, huge risks for more, and a black hole of financial need with no hope in sight. Go Chicago!

UTV

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:54:43 -0600

Elk Grove wouldn't lose homes. Some of the industrial park would be affected, so EG is worried about a loss of tax revenue. Maybe they shouldn't have erected a solid bronze life sized statue of an Elk. I swear, Elk Grove's mayor, Craig Johnson, is even crazier than Blago when you get down to it. He just has less of a venue to shine.

Thomas Lundby

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:04:42 -0600

Well, O'Hare isn't exactly bulldozing over homes in Rosemont.

alarp

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:57:41 -0600

That's exactly right, Scooter, the City and the State are full-speed-ahead, trying to fix O'Hare's problems, but Bensenville and Elk Grove Village have wasted millions of the City's dollars tying the whole thing up in litigation. It's ridiculous. Bensenville should be ashamed of itself. Here's a bit of advise: don't move next to the airport if you don't like the airport. Then on the other side of the coin, a town like Rosemont has used its proximity to the airport for its great benefit, and has made millions for itself through its convention centers, the former Rosemont Horizon, etc. Good for Rosemont. Wouldn't you rather be a town that makes lemonade out of lemons, than one like Bensenville which just whines and complains and wastes millions of dollars and years of time litigating? Bleh.

Scooter Libbby

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:55:28 -0600

Isn't the city spending billions to fix O'Hare? But Bensenville is trying to stop it!

frp

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:45:30 -0600

@celery -- ROFLMFAO! Good one.

matty

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:43:42 -0600

I thought we were fixing both

celerysalt

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:38:22 -0600

file under: "doy."

literati

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:27:48 -0600

To quote George Carlin: "Those aren't near-misses - those are near-hits!"