Daley Hits up Fed for Airport Cash

By Kevin Robinson in News on Aug 7, 2009 4:00PM

Renewing his previous calls for federal funds to expand O'Hare, Mayor Daley told a room full of airline executives that it seems like the government has forgotten about the airline industry. Citing the jobs created by his airport expansion, (which is behind schedule, over budget and under a federal corruption investigation), the mayor bemoaned the paltry $12 million he got from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a sum he touted as "better than nothing".