Friday, July 17, 2026

Great Place for the Bears

 

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unused and hopelessly obsolete 

The Lakeside building is almost 60 years old and hasn't been used since well before Covid. It will never be used again and sooner or later, will be demolished. 

McPier should build build the new Bears stadium on this site. With just a little

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Billionaire Subsidy Passed, BTW it's just TIF Money

Finance Committee approves $425M subsidy for site that includes Fire stadium

Political pushback preceded a pair of lopsided votes for bankrolling infrastructure for a South Loop project led by billionaire team owner Joe Mansueto. Some questioned using TIF dollars to build a parking garage.




The 78 development site, a stretch land south of Roosevelt Road and west of Clark Street in the South Loop, got the green light from a City Council committee for $425 million to subsidize public infrastructure.

Despite myriad concerns, a City Council committee Monday overwhelmingly approved a $425 million tax increment financing subsidy to bankroll the public improvements needed to support a South Loop development anchored by a new soccer stadium privately financed by the Chicago Fire.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Suspicious death, hours after returning from Ukraine. Time-released poison?


Midget Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, a man that would gladly have your children march on Iran and Russia, Dead at 71

Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.

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Never saw a war he didn't like.

UPDATE: Circumstances strongly suggest that he was murdered. Russians did it?