Meigs: Chicago Pays $200K To Fight $33K Fine
In our "adding insult to insult to insult" file....
Meigs: Chicago Pays $200K To Fight $33K Fine:
"It may be time for the city to re-evaluate this strategy," Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a budget watchdog group, told Crain's Business News. The FAA levied the $33,000 fine against the city last October for failing to provide advance notice of its intent to close (that is, bulldoze) Meigs Field three years ago. The city has spent even more to fight FAA allegations that it misused $2.9 million in airport development funds, according to Crain's, and claims the fight is about more than money.