Anna - I agree about Gary. It is too bad that the politicians cannot see that - why can't IL and IN cooperate like NY and NJ have done and have one authority overseeing all air transport?? Peotone will continue urban sprawl in a different direction - with no easy way to get their (at least initially) except by car. How many more multi-lane highways filled with hotels, restaurants and strip malls do we need in Chicagoland? Anyone who lives near O'Hare and does not like the noise is free to move. I live in Chicago and the suburbs act like only the suburbs hear the planes. Well, I hear them too and I know that it is an important part of our local economy.

And, does Illinois need another boondogle airport like the one we built outside of St Louis? I don't think so. Only one minor airline (Pan Am) is using that field last I knew - what a waste of all of our money.