I knew we'd be hearing from Daley soon

[MarkE]

Hopefully this is just more hot air that comes from that fat gas bag:

Crash fuels Daley ire on no-fly zone

By Gary Washburn
Tribune staff reporter
Published October 13, 2006

Rebuffed by federal officials who have denied his request for a no-fly zone in Chicago for small planes, an angry Mayor Richard Daley said Thursday that the fatal crash in New York proves his point.

"It's harder to get on a [commercial] airplane than get in a single-engine plane or two-engine plane and fly anywhere in the United States," Daley said. "Now think of that. And we're supposed to protect America."

On Wednesday, New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and a flight instructor were killed when their private plane slammed into a Manhattan condominium high-rise.

Daley pushed, without success, for a small-plane flight prohibition over Chicago's downtown after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"How can a plane fly down the Hudson or East River close to the United Nations and no one knows about it?" the mayor asked. "But you cannot fly over Washington, D.C.," where a no-fly mandate was put into effect in 2001. "That is a special place. We're not special."

Daley questioned whether insurance rates for tall buildings will rise after Wednesday's accident.

"What happens now with insurance on high-rises? Does the federal government [say] `You have to triple your insurance per tenant in order to protect your high-rises?' That affects development in major cities."

[EDUC8-or]

He'll get his way by ripping up all the runways in Chitown.

[doug_or]

Originally Posted by MarkE

"That is a special place. We're not special."

Don't worry mayor Daley. I think you're special.

[PGA07]

See, it is like this for Mr. Daley............any chance he can get to step into the spot light, he runs with it. We all know that it is "his" city and he is all knowing, about everything.

I better rephrase............it is "his" state. I am convinced our current (but soon to be ousted) governor is on Daley's payroll. That is why we like to call him Gov. Daley.

[montanapilot]

whadda prick.

[falconvalley]

No-fly zone....that's just crazy talk! Now VFR corridors through class-B airspace. That's serious business. I had very little hands-on-yoke training on VFR corridors when I got my private. Some of those corridors are pretty tight. There so many things you can do as a private pilot and so many airplanes you can fly...so many ways to get into trouble.

[MQAAord]

Effing Daley.

I really think something bad happened to him or someone in his family in an airplane in the past. His fear of aviation (small aircraft in particular) is rampant, and his decisions about aviation are emotionally driven and illogical. He refuses to listen to any dissention to his opinion, and, as was evidenced by Meigs, he'll go to any lengths to pander to his fears.

I really would be curious to know what has driven his fear. What happened that has made him so afraid of airplanes.

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by MQAAord

What happened that has made him so afraid of airplanes.

I think he's just a big [synonym for cat].

[FatBastard]

Originally Posted by tonyw

I think he's just a big [synonym for cat].

Hmmmmmm- Tom? no,no, ahhhhh Lion? Tiger? Lynx? Bobcat? Ahhhhhh......hmmmmmm..... PUSS.......what comes after that second S ??!!!!?? Damn, I can't remember!