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>>> AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS, IT

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COULD BE TIME  FOR A SOUTH

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SUBURBAN AIRPORT TO TAKE OFF?

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LAWMAKERS FROM THE SOUTHERN

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SUBURBS ARE ADVANCING A PLAN

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THAT WOULD GET THE BALL ROLLING

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ON AIRPORT.  AMANDA VINICKY

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JOINS US WITH THE LATEST  IN

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THIS SAGA.  THE LINCOLN

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AIRPORT,  THE OBAMA AIRPORT. IT

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HAS DIFFERENT NAMES AND

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PROPOSALS. FOUR YOU'VE HEARD

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THE SAYING THAT  IF AT FIRST

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YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY

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AGAIN.  OFFICIALS ARE EMBRACING

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THAT WISDOM DESPITE  DECADES

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OF TRYING . AND THE STATE

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SPENDING NEARLY $100 MILLION TO

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GET LAND THAT COULD HOST AND

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THEREFORE.  THIS HAS NOT

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STOPPED SUPPORTERS.

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>> I AM WEARING A LAPEL PIN

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THAT SAYS AIRPORT 2000.  THIS

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WAS AN INITIATIVE . IS TIME TO

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BUILD A SOUTH SUBURBAN AIRPORT.

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>> EVEN IF THERE IS  BROAD

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AGREEMENT, THE PROJECT IS NOT

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READY TO LAUNCH.  THEY'VE ONLY

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PURCHASED ABOUT 90% OF THE

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LAND.  THAT THEY HAVE TO

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PROCURE THE FINAL 10%. J.B.

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PRITZKER SAID  THIS WOULD HAVE

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TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR HIM TO

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GET ON BOARD.  HE SAID HE ALSO

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WANTS TO MAKE SURE  THAT

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CARRIERS WOULD USE IT.

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>> WHAT YOU DON'T WANT  IS IF

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YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.

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JUST BUILDING IT AND HOPING

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THAT PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP  TO

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ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR THE AIRPORT

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HAVING BEEN BUILT.  YOU NEED TO

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MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE BUILDING

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IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE  INTEREST.

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>>  AND EFFORT THAT IS GAINING

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SUPPORT  WOULD FORCE THE

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ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE THINGS

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ALONG. THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE

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THE STATE TO TRANSPORTATION

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DEPARTMENT  TO OPEN THE DOOR TO

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DEVELOPERS.

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>> DEVELOPERS WHO ARE

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INTERESTED  IN BUILDING THE

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AIRPORT  PUT PEN TO PAPER TO

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SHOW THEIR CAPACITY  AND DESIRE

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AND WILLINGNESS AND THEIR MONEY

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TO BE ABLE TO BUILD  THE THIRD

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AIRPORT HERE TODAY.

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>>  HOW  WOULD THIS AIRPORT BE

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DIFFERENT?

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>> THE PLAN  WAS TO MAKE  THIS

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AN ALTERNATE PASSENGER AIRPORT.

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BUT NOT ANYMORE.  PLANS NOW ,

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FOR IT  TO BE CARGO FOCUSED.

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>> THIS WILL BE  A DIFFERENT

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KIND OF AIRPORT.  BUILT TO

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SERVE INDUSTRY.  BUILT  TO

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SERVE CARGO CARRIERS. BUILT

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FOR e-COMMERCE  AND LOGISTICS.

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AND OUR MODERN ECONOMIES.

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>> SUPPORTERS POINT OUT THAT

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THEY HOST  THE LARGEST INLAND

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PORT.  AND AMAZON  AND OTHER

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COMPANIES ARE BUILDING HUGE

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FACILITY CENTERS NEARBY.  THE

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LOCAL CHAMBER SAY THAT  THE

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AIRPORT IS A NATURAL FIT AND IT

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WILL CREATE  10,000

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CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND AN

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ESTIMATED  50,000 PERMANENT

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JOBS.

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>>  THE NEW COMPANIES WILL PAY

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PROPERTY TAXES .  MUCH LIKE

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O'HARE AIRPORT DOES.

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ADDITIONALLY, THIS AIRPORT

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WILL BRING JOBS  BACK TO

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AMERICA AND  RETAIN JOBS IN

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ILLINOIS.  BUT CRITICS SAY EVEN

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IF  ILLINOIS PURSUES THE

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ADDITIONAL AIRPORT,  THE STATES

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WILL FIND NO NEED FOR IT.

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>> IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED AS A

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SOLUTION TO THE FACT THAT WE

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COULD NOT EXPAND O'HARE

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AIRPORT. THEM EXPANDED IT.

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THEN, THEY DECIDED  WE NEEDED A

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NEW PASSENGER FACILITY FOR THE

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SOUTH SUBURBS,  BUT THE

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AIRLINES SHOWED ZERO INTEREST.

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SO NOW  IT IS A SOLUTION TO THE

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AIR CARGO PROBLEMS.  WE DON'T

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HAVE AIR CARGO PROBLEMS.  WE

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HAVE O'HARE AIRPORT, WE HAVE

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ROCKFORD, AND WE HAVE  GARY.

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>> HE SAID  IT DOES NOT MAKE

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SENSE TO EXPAND ALL THE THINGS

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NEEDED TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL

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CENTER IN WHAT HE CALLS THE

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MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. I SPOKE

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WITH THE LEADER OF THE BOARD

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WHO IS OPPOSED TO IT . IS

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CURRENTLY AGRICULTURAL LAND AND

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HER LAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF

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THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BECOME

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THE AIRPORT.  THEY SAY THIS

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HOLE IDEA  WOULD BE A WASTE OF

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TAXPAYER MONEY  AND ROOTED

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SOLELY IN POLITICS .  AND

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SUPPORTERS SAY  IT IS  ROOTED