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Midday News Links: Aviation Chief On O'Hare Noise Complaints - 'What Can You Do?'

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 31, 2014 6:45PM

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  • Outgoing Chicago Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino said during City Council budget hearings there isn't much her department can do with the record number of noise complaints at O'Hare International Airport. "Airplanes do create noise," she said. She may as well have said, "it won't be my problem soon." [Tribune]
  • The Sun-Times, which published a column Thursday saying the Cubs shouldn't hire Joe Maddon because it isn't fair to Rick Renteria, now has Rick Morrissey saying Maddon is just what the ballclub needs. That's why columns are opinions, folks. [Sun-Times]
  • Metra reports delays on the Union Pacific North Line. [Tribune]
  • Tonight's Bullls-Cleveland game is not a preview of the Eastern Conference finals. [CBS Chicago]
  • Newly announced Chicago mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia said he "has toiled with the idea" of an elected school board. [NBC Chicago]