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411
Newcity's seven days in Chicago
Stacking the deck
Apparently United Airlines likes da Mayor's O'Hare plan enough to send out letters to members of its frequent flyer program asking them to send Gov. George Ryan a letter (by September 1) supporting new runways. United's plea, which went out Monday night as the gov held yet another hearing on the matter in Naperville, was ostensibly signed by Chairman and CEO James Goodwin, and goes something like this: "O'Hare is in need of modernization, including the addition of more runways, to continue to serve passengers like you who depend on this vital hub for national and international travel. If it remains in its current state, delays will only worsen." Which, he notes, is not only mucking things up there, but everywhere, as it's a major transit hub, ya know. Bottom line: They like the mayor's plan, because "weather-related delays will be reduced by as much as 95 percent, and overall delays will be reduced as much as 79 percent." If this goes through, make sure to hold them to that. George in the Jungle
Gov. George Ryan may have made it clear he's not running again, but that, apparently, hasn't stopped people from thinking ill of him. The gov turned up at Saturday's Arlington Million, heading out to the stage to congratulate jockey Andreas Suborcis (who won the race riding the German horse Silvano). As the gov presented the jockey with his winning cup, the cheering crowd of 22,000-plus let him have it with a loud and universal chorus of boos. More unreal
Our friends from "The Real World" are round and about again. If you've ever wanted to be waited on by a cast member, now's your chance as many of them have scored jobs working at the new pizza place across the street from their North Avenue digs, Piece (1927 West North). In addition, a planned outing to "The Vagina Monologues" (currently featuring TV's Blossom, Mayim Bialik—who, oddly enough, we hear is quite good?!?!) last week turned into a dud when a limo pulled up with only two of the cast members. Nobody in the audience seemed to care or notice that they were there. Maybe that's the way they wanted it...
(08/23/2001)
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