Given where Chicago is right now this new stadium proposal is a bad idea and a bad deal – Wirepoints on The Chicago Way with John Kass
April 26, 2024
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Ted was on The Chicago Way with John Kass and Jeff Carlin to discuss the proposed $5 billion lakefront stadium project proposed by the Chicago Bears & Mayor Brandon Johnson, why Chicago is struggling compared to other metro areas across the country, why the city might or might not go the way of Detroit, and more.
Some Illinois lawmakers continue to deny that covid aid and other federal stimulus bailed the state out of its fiscal mess. But a look at past and projected revenues from COGFA shows just how much the bailouts blew out the state’s revenues. And now that they’re over, how much harder it will be for Illinois revenues to grow.
Election integrity – both real and perceived – is essential to government’s legitimacy and stability. Illinois, like the rest of the nation, better fix its problems now.
Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Chicago’s latest bond offering, why Chicago’s dismal home value growth is due to poor policies, the next $70 million to be spent on migrants, the 9% salary hikes demanded by the CTU, and why Illinois lawmakers voting to stop Chicago’s selective enrollment schools from being closed is hypocritical.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/21/2024.
I don’t think Covid is high among the reasons that states like Illinois have lost population. Way too many other, more important, reasons we have seen population diminish.
I think the author is saying there is a correlation with COVID-19 policies, not that COVID-19 policies caused them to move.
You’re probably right that it’s more about the correlation but plenty of people left just because of the lock downs themselves. Look No further than JJ McCarthy, the Michigan QB that is entering the draft early. He was attending Naz until the Covid lockdowns and was forced to finish out his high school at IMG Academy in Florida. He had no choice if he was going to work on his game. During the national championship game the announcers kept talking about how he has strengthened his mental health because he had to learn how to deal with depression when he… Read more »
100% agree with you