Gov. Ryan says he's willing to sit down with Mayor Daley and work out a deal that would bring a new runway to O'Hare Airport and pave the way for a new airfield in south suburban Peotone. I think it's important to the state of Illinois, frankly, that it stay open. Flying into Meigs is a lot easier than flying into Midway. Timewise, transportationwise, it's just easier. And there's a lot of people that fly into Meigs.
State government uses that airport a lot.
Not just politicians, but the people who do business here. I understand it's a pretty binding agreement. I would suppose if both the mayor and I would agree, it could be unbinding. But we haven't discussed it. Ryan said he remains opposed to a new O'Hare runway, but would be willing to talk to Daley about a Peotone for O'Hare swap.