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Pritzker was asked about the Bears playing by September in Soldier Field: “Well, the Bears are a great team, whether they’re playing or not,” Pritzker said.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I have had season tickets to the Bears for years. When I mean years, I mean 1987. Prior to that, they were my father in law’s. He had them in 1960. When the Bears did PSL’s, I bought four. I had tremendous seats in the remodeled Soldier Field. Row 1. I did the unthinkable this year and sold my PSLs. Last game I went to was Green Bay. It was a pitiful experience. The food was awful. Lines horrible. Nothing technologically worked. Huge massive pain in the ass line to get into the stadium after a lengthy walk. No tailgating.… Read more »
Arlington Park?
Sounds like Jabba wants stadium workers to die
Suddenly that old racetrack in the Northwest Suburbs, right off the metra line, looks like a GREAT place to build a stadium and football village.