My response to Flight plan targets an oasis by Nancy Munson, Tribune staff writer 12/03/03

It is just unbelievable that officials and politicians who can only be hoping to line the pocket of friends, family and patrons are pushing through the Peotone airport. It is time to realize that prime farmland; rivers and wetlands are a limited resource and cannot easily be restored once destroyed. Let's take a closer look at expanding the Gary, Indiana airport site. The site is closer to downtown Chicago, easily accessible to Chicago's South Side, Southern, Western suburbs. There are already interstate highways and rail links nearby which can be interconnected with an expanded and revitalized NW Indiana Airport. Gary and surrounding communities would welcome development as a replacement for declining steel mill and industry. What's the problem, not enough money flowing into the pockets of powerful Illinois interests? Recycle what has already been tainted by prior development, not prime wetlands, rivers and farmlands. Expanding the Gary site is sure to save money and in the long run be the smarter choice. To bad foresight isn't 20/20.

Steven Greenberg
Land Advocate