# Daley Attacks Miegs Field **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512 "2003-03-31T19:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/41 "2003-04-01T23:49:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cerri \* > \*\*Hmm…why does that sound familiar…a politician doing whatever he feels like without listening to the public’s opinion? Where have I heard something like this before… > > Ohhhh yeah…now I remember…I’m guessing Daley has plans to run for President? Showing good presidential form right there, based on our current administration. > > Smooth move, Daley :rolleyes: \*\* \ Wow, a newbie making a drive-by insult to the Bush Administration!! OMFG, I’m in shock!! I mean, this thread had _nothing_ to do with Bush, but somebody made an anti-Bush remark anyways?? Holy cow, I never _imagined_ such a thing was possible!! **Cerri** , you must be an intellectual god among men, a giant, a man who all your friends admire for your timely and sage wisdom. \ Or you’re an idiot. It takes only the intelligence of a 5-year-old to make an insult to Bush in passing on a thread totally unrelated to Bush. Which I imagine is about how much intelligence you have. Some people just have to make everything about Bush. _mock conversation_ **Poster A** : I like cats, but I’m allergic to them, what should I do? **Cerri** : You should have cats anyways, Bush likes dogs so dogs are evil. **Poster B** : My tire blew a tread today and I was stuck on the highway. **Cerri** : Well, there you have it, that’s life in Bush’s America! God, you’re an idiot. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/42 "2003-04-02T01:40:40Z")
Yeah, and that’s especially unacceptable in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/43 "2003-04-02T03:56:51Z")
Not unacceptable; just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/44 "2003-04-12T01:09:27Z")
Daley actually admitted that he closed Meigs, not for security reasons, but to add parkland (that his wife will design) to the lakefront. [http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-meigs09.html](http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-meigs09.html) So, he’s a liar, and he admits it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/45 "2003-04-12T01:20:15Z")
> [@](#): > > One of the longstanding rumors about what the mayor would like to do with the Meigs land is build a casino. Daley on Thursday denied a casino is under consideration. He was quoted in the _Chicago Tribune_, saying, “We’re not going to do that. No way. The lakefront is all public property. …It’s out of the question.” > > Interestingly, though, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) told the _Chicago Sun-Times_ on Friday that he would not be opposed to granting a casino license for the city of Chicago if an eleventh state license were to be made available. [http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-2-039x.html](http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2003/03-2-039x.html) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/46 "2003-04-12T02:36:46Z")
Oh, riiiiiiiiiight… And on March 25 he said he had no plans to close Meigs, wasn’t even thinking about it… … but it had been two nights running already he’d been sending out Park District workers to count airplanes and report on the sizes of same. Doesn’t want a casino? Bullshit! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512/47 "2003-04-12T04:52:24Z")
He lied about his motives once. I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t do it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daley-attacks-miegs-field/165512.md?page=2)