Politics & Government
BGA to Rahm: Don't Tune Out O'Hare Jet Noise
The BGA weighs in in support of the FAiR Coalition and the need for citizen engagement in finding solutions to O'Hare.
A voice and a few words of support from Andy Shaw, Executive Director of the Better Government Association (BGA) for FAiR and the hundreds of thousands of citizens it represents. Yet another partner joins the largest civic movement around! Thanks BGA...
It took more than a year of complaints from Chicago neighborhood groups representing thousands of taxpayers, a tough re-election campaign, a Springfield intervention, and even pleas from members of Congress, before the Emanuel administration agreed to hear grievances from homeowners concerned about excessive jet noise from O’Hare Airport.
And after all that, the mayor isn’t even sitting down with concerned citizens himself—he’s sending surrogates from the city’s Department of Aviation, according to a recent Better Government Association story.
Full article link is here:
http://www.bettergov.org/blogs/shaw_thoughts/bga_to_rahm_dont_tune_out_ohare_jet_noise_victims/
For information on how you can join FAiR, go to www.fairchicago.org or contact Jac Charlier at jac.charlier@gmail.com.
