Why would the city permit this?

 

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Justin Ishbia’s vision to create a new home for the Chicago White Sox hinges on an increasingly thorny question: What will become of its current one?

The team and its billionaire owner-in-waiting aren’t formally obligated to answer that once their lease at the state-owned ballpark ends after the 2029 season.

But Ishbia’s push to help Amtrak build a new maintenance facility next to Rate Field — and eventually put a new stadium on the South Loop rail yard it would replace — is forcing the issue into public discourse sooner than expected.

He now faces intense resistance to the potential Amtrak facility from neighborhood officials and residents worried they’re about to trade a professional baseball team and key economic engine for an unsightly, industrial nuisance.

Leaving behind an empty, taxpayer-funded stadium on the South Side with outstanding debt would be an awkward outcome for a developer needing zoning and permit approvals to realize that ambitious vision. That makes the future of a 35-year-old ballpark and the 80 acres on which it sits fertile ground for negotiating how to mitigate the rail facility’s impact and establish the stadium’s next chapter.

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Mostly, just a pack of idiots.....but there are a few good ones

Who's vying to be mayor of Chicago? Here's a look at the roster of candidates so far.
For now, 12 candidates are vying for the job and circulating nominating petitions in hopes of gathering the required 12,500 signatures to secure a place on the ballot. Candidates have until Oct. 26 to file their nominating petitions.
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Sept 13, 2026, 10:00am CDT




(Clockwise from top left) Mayor Brandon Johnson, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, Comptroller

Hardcore Racist Running Again

 

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CHICAGO - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Sunday that he will seek a second term in office in next year's election after a tumultuous first three-and-a-half years leading the city.

The Birds

 I wonder what they sense

NY Governor bended knee

 https://youtu.be/e8UDgxELaSk?si=lrxA1uBbbeXrS0t-

9/11

 25 Years Ago Today

Matt O'Shea is Out!!!!!!!!!!!!

Southwest Side veteran Ald. Matt O'Shea will call it quits after four terms.

Hardest working member of the city council.

Boots will be hard to fill.

Major loss for the neighborhood.

On his way out the door, O’Shea (19th) bemoaned the changes that have turned the job of a Chicago alderperson from a visible presence in the neighborhoods they’re elected to represent to part of a legislative body that spends the majority of its time “speaking out on things that happened halfway around the world.”




Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th) looks on during a Chicago City Council meeting this spring. O’Shea says he’s not seeking re-election next year.

Bemoaning how the job of a City Council member has changed, Ald. Matt O’Shea, who helped to lead

Debt

It’s the Debt Stupid, Part Duh


Japan’s benchmark 30-year bond yield hit the 3% level for the first time since 1996 on Tuesday amid a broad-based global bond sell-off


From the UK to Japan, bond yields are jumping as US bonds tumble

Sometimes, the most obvious problems are the easiest to solve. An alcoholic has problems. His wife doesn’t understand him. His boss doesn’t like him. He needs a new car. His head aches and his friends desert him.

But his major problem: he drinks too much. This is very easy to correct. Just stop drinking. The simplicity of it makes it almost unbearable…and unthinkable.

Assets

 Smart Mother-----r