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Let me tell you. If they are successful the regions will sell its allegedly valuable asset for a lump sum of money. After the current politician steals their share the rest of the lump sum payout will somehow disappear.
Now we have sold what value we have either as an airport, greenfield site or new casino, and lost whatever control we have of it.
I do not believe it is the best interests to effectively sell this asset under te illusion that investors from China can somehow develop this site in the BEST INTERESTS OF THE REGION.
WE OWN IT. DO NOT LET OUR POLITICIANS SELL IT so that they can steel their share of the proceeds now at the expense of what is left for our future generations
This, I believe is what the City of Chicago did by includng Gary in a miniscule part of the Chicago airport revenue scheme..
DOWN WITH PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS!!!!!!!!!! Return the government back to the people..Its time to take grass-roots control of our affairs....
This forced most of the airlines to focus on Ohare and either abandon Midway or operate a token amount of flight from there.
It was not until a real entrepreneur saw this little used (diamond in the rough) and started Midway Airlines operating basically from the rat infested abandoned corridors of the Midway terminal.
The vision of that PRIVATE investment group is without a doubt solely responsible for the resurrection of that airport and the redevelopment of the entire surrounding area, that was then a boarded up ghetto, to what is now again a thriving neighborhood.
No consultants can do that. Not a federal, state or city focus group. Just people with the vision, passion and a political environment that allows all of this top happen..
Gary you still have that chance.
We can not afford the build it they will come philosophy, at least when it comes to local expenditures and its starting to look like the Federal money press is staring to grind to a halt.
I remember when Gary was dubbed Chicagos' third airport. That was when they were competing against another one of Chicagos' third Airport (AKA Lake Calumet). The problem then is as it stands now. The Lake Cal fiasco was too close (in aviation terms) to Midway and Ohare to operate efficiently. In other words Midway and in fact Gary would of had to shut down if that third airport was ever built resulting in a net loss of one airport..
I believe that we are all getting a little fed up with more consultants soaking up local tax dollars telling us what we already know.
Doers anybody really know what a consultant is? Its usually a washed up industry executive, attorney, or a political has been that convinces local controllers of the money that they are they are the only ones that can come up with a plan to save them from themselves. In reality the local politicians are simply passing the buck on their own ineptitude and when the plan fails they simply fire the consultant and deflect the blame on wasting hundred of thousand in CONSULTING FEES with again NO RESULTS.
WE have local talent in the area that have proven track records and a passion and knowledge of the unique attributes that the Gary airport has and if allowed to develop without concerns over political affiliations or who greases who's pocket or which local contractor or consultant gets their share of the money. We will have a facility that rivals any in the world as far as what it contributes to the community.
In the long term its not about how many times a third rate airline flies to Florida. Thats small potatoes compared to what it could be if we let the passionate people with the right intentions loose.