Mayor Daley, (copy to Governor Rod Blagojevich)
I am serving in Egypt at the moment, supporting the
USAF personnel here. Despite the real risks here that I deal with daily
(unlike you, I have to check under my vehicle with a mirror to see if a bomb
has been placed on it on a regular basis), I find your
actions so like that of the dictators in the Mid-East that I am moved to write
you and ask that you remember that you are an elected Mayor in the United
States of America. You have acted in direct conflict with your word, and used
"security concerns" as a cover to "do as you please" Meigs is an important
resource for your city, the aviation community and air safety. You have
defied common sense, your own word and logic, as well using police power to
usurp legal processes. These actions are not consistent with the way U.S.
leaders are supposed to work. I am appalled and sincerely wish that you will
reconsider your actions, or, failing that, that the Governor of your State
will cause you to return to professional behavior. The rights of every pilot
in the U.S. are threatened by your actions, the safety of every pilot in
Illinois is threatened by your actions and the freedoms that are the basis of
the United States violated by your actions.
(Name redacted by Friends of Meigs Field), PA-C
(name redacted), PA-C
Gianaclis Support Complex
Jiyanklis Egyptian Air Force Base (HEGS)
