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.
Race and Ethnicity in North Lawndale.
Type – Percent (rounded) – Count
White – 2% – 692
Hispanic – 6% – 2,033
Black – 91% – 32,700
Asian – 0% – 74
Mixed – 1% – 250
Other – 0% – 128
Total – 35,877
http://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Illinois/Chicago/North-Lawndale/Race-and-Ethnicity
Demographics of North Lawndale.
Population (2010) – 35,912.
Area – 3.21 square miles.
Population density – 11,187 per square mile.
Per-capita income – $12,548.
Households below poverty level – 38.6%.
Unemployed – 18.5%.
Living in crowded housing – 7.2%.
No high school diploma – 30.4%.
Under 18 or over 64 – 40.9%.
http://crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/community/north-lawndale
Crime reports in North Lawndale.
September 21 – October 21, 2016.
106 Violent Crimes, consisting of:
Robbery – 27.
Battery – 27.
Assault – 27.
Homicide – 1.
Sexual assault – 2.
159 Property Crimes, consisting of:
Theft – 71.
Burglary – 26.
Motor vehicle theft – 23.
Arson – 2.
151 Quality-of-Life Crimes, consisting of:
Criminal damage – 87.
Narcotics – 29.
Prostitution – 3.
416 Crimes, which is an average of 14 crimes per day.
http://crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/community/north-lawndale
The attack occurred at Kedzie and Roosevelt in North Lawndale / Homan Square (the neighborhoods meet at that intersection).
The building in the background is a McDonald’s at 3200 W Roosevelt Road.
Across Kedzie from McDonald’s is Lawndale Terrace Apartments at 3158 W Roosevelt Road, which AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust rehabbed.