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Article: O'Hare opponents say it loud and clear 'We can't live here' if airport expands, residents plead in third hearing.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- August 23, 2001
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Byline: Shamus Toomey Daily Herald Staff Writer
They came early, stayed late, stomped their feet, shouted occasionally at speakers and gave Gov. George Ryan a piece of their mind.
"Not only are we angry; we're scared to death," said Kathy Lane, a Bensenville resident who, along with scores of others, flocked to Fenton High School Wednesday night to implore the governor to block Chicago's $6 billion plan to expand O'Hare International Airport.
"The people need you ... to be a great governor and do the right thing," said Lane to rousing applause from the majority of the estimated 2,500 people packed into the hearing site, Fenton High School's ...