Op-ed: One Central is a terrible deal for Illinois taxpayers – Chicago Tribune*

" As is, the proposed One Central project in Chicago would give private developers an unprecedented $6.5 billion of taxpayer money plus 34 acres of land in exchange for a public infrastructure project no public agency identified as a major need until after developers concocted the plan...This deal would not have been possible if not for special language inserted at the last minute into a 2019 Illinois spending bill."