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 has been under-utilized since well before Covid. It's a big money loser. Sooner or later, it 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?