O'Hare expansion foes accuse Daley of 'pervasive fraud' [View All]

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O'Hare expansion foes accuse Daley of 'pervasive fraud'

March 30, 2005

BY MARK J. KONKOL Transportation Reporter

A report commissioned by suburban leaders who want to block O'Hare Airport expansion alleges Mayor Daley personally pulled the strings on an airport contract and had his aviation department brass "cook the books" on the study that fueled the city's push for O'Hare expansion.

The most scathing allegation in the Aviation Integrity Project report -- which includes more than a decade of documents, interviews and newspaper clippings -- hinges on the word of an unnamed former top aviation department source.

The source says he was in the room when Mayor Daley said he personally contacted two women who were friends of his wife and arranged to give their minority-owned firm a piece of a lucrative book store contract at the airport.

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