Air wars
INC. hears that Rich Daley`s revised third airport plan is helping site committee members inch closer to an agreement. And this deal may be between the city and Illinois instead of between Chicago and Indiana.
Tea leaves
New York Gov. Mario Cuomo is rumbling again after a quiet time while he dealt with his state`s budget problems. Yes, the Hamlet of Albany may soon share with the rest of the world his decision about whether to run for president. Stay tuned.
Local leaves
Word is attorney Rich Williamson is still mulling whether to run against Sen. Alan Dixon. ”I`m not there yet,” he told INC. New White House Chief of Staff Sam Skinner worked on him Friday, but Williamson is still worried about two big considerations: Family and money.
Cabinetmakers
Speculation in Washington is that Constance Newman, head of the Office of Personnel Management, will replace Skinner as Transportation Secretary. A veteran government administrator, Newman was mentioned for Secretary of Labor before Lynn Martin got the job. And if anyone was watching, she testified in the middle of the night for Clarence Thomas.
Transient worker
Watch for TV Guide to announce that Jeff Jarvis has signed on as the publication`s first full-time TV critic. His resume, however, suggests he may not stick around all that long. In the last couple of years, Jarvis has been TV critic for People magazine, co-founder of Entertainment Weekly magazine, and Sunday editor of the New York Daily News.
There goes the neighborhood
Never mind that Chicago real estate developer Norman Perlmutter is CEO of a company that`s the largest landowner in Snowmass Village, Colo. The gazillionaire is having a Rodney Dangerfield-kind of ”no respect” problem-waging an uphill battle to persuade his neighbors and the village government that he really, really, really needs to install a 10-foot-high satellite dish next to the $1 million home he`s building in the exclusive Divide subdivision. Only one satellite dish (on the roof of a hotel) has been approved for Snowmass since tough restrictions were passed in 1983; Perlmutter`s attorneys are prepared to argue in a Dec. 16 public hearing that he needs it to conduct his business-and it matches the one he has at his home in Chicago.
State Supremes
Will Phil Rock have trouble with the abortion question if he runs for the State Supreme Court? The issue could come up in a Dem primary because Rock is personally opposed to abortion. But an aide says he probably would take a position upholding the legal guarantees of Roe vs. Wade. Other names being floated: Mary Ann McMorrow, Mary Jane Theis, Blanche Manning, Mike Howlett Jr., Dom Rizzi and Edna Epstein.
INC.lings
Monday birthdays: Kirk Douglas, 73; Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 82; Beau Bridges, 50; Joan Armatrading, 41; John Malkovich, 38; Dina Merrill, 66; Donny Osmond, 34; Tip O`Neill, 79; WYTZ`s Mike Kelly, 41; WJPC`s Harold Lee Rush Jr., 41; Dick Van Patten, 63.
And finally . . .
Let`s not beat around the George Bush. Times are tough. A lot of folks are making it by the Sam Skinner of their teeth. And it seems like every Rich Daley brings another plea for donations to help the hungry and homeless. But INC. knows Chicagoans still Bob Kerrey. That`s why we`re asking you to give to the Chicago Tribune Holiday Fund. Donations will help Pate Philip stockings with holiday cheer. And the fund is solid as a Phil Rock, with the money going to those who need assistance and not to administrative costs. So take time from the holiday Bobby Rush. Don`t Richard Phelan to get out your checkbook. Please be Miriam Santos little helpers. Thanks.
