Letter to the Editor: Woodridge Should Back Peotone Airport
Algernon H. Penn, chairman of Friends of ALNAC, explains why the Woodridge village board should back an airport development in Peotone.
Editor's note: Jesse Jackson Jr. asked the village of Woodridge to join ALNAC, or the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission, in December. The commission will oversee the construction of an airport in Peotone, IL. The village board has not yet voted on the matter. This letter is in response to another letter to the editor posted Wednesday, advising Woodridge to not back the airport. If the opening statement of Mr. George Oschenfeld’s letter is to discredit the Abraham Lincoln National Airport by showing the correct time of how long it takes to get to Woodridge from the airport site, then there’s very little fact to back up his argument. ALNAC is represented by 21 home-rule communities from Cook, Will and Kankakee counties. It’s also …
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11:34 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
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