Kevin Warren is incompetent.
Kevin Warren is incompetent.
Maybe so. But you shouldn’t try to build things in Cook county. Not a building, not a stadium, not a family, not a business, not a career.
It’s run by destroyers and takers who hate the builders with every fiber of their being.
The sticking point seems to be property taxes. Bears want assurances and carveouts for any future property increases. Which is rational and typical for projects like this. You can’t sink 2 billion in a project with the Damocles sword of major property tax spikes hanging over your head two years in.
Arlington Heights seems to be on board. Springfield is being Springfield.
If the Indiana state legislature wants to put together an enticing package, they should do it.
Indiana shouldn't agree to it unless the Bears change their name to the Gary Bears.The sticking point seems to be property taxes. Bears want assurances and carveouts for any future property increases. Which is rational and typical for projects like this. You can’t sink 2 billion in a project with the Damocles sword of major property tax spikes hanging over your head two years in.
Arlington Heights seems to be on board. Springfield is being Springfield.
If the Indiana state legislature wants to put together an enticing package, they should do it.
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Indiana shouldn't agree to it unless the Bears change their name to the Gary Bears.The sticking point seems to be property taxes. Bears want assurances and carveouts for any future property increases. Which is rational and typical for projects like this. You can’t sink 2 billion in a project with the Damocles sword of major property tax spikes hanging over your head two years in.
Arlington Heights seems to be on board. Springfield is being Springfield.
If the Indiana state legislature wants to put together an enticing package, they should do it.
I would hope they have enough sense to at least put it in Munster.
Indiana shouldn't agree to it unless the Bears change their name to the Gary Bears.The sticking point seems to be property taxes. Bears want assurances and carveouts for any future property increases. Which is rational and typical for projects like this. You can’t sink 2 billion in a project with the Damocles sword of major property tax spikes hanging over your head two years in.
Arlington Heights seems to be on board. Springfield is being Springfield.
If the Indiana state legislature wants to put together an enticing package, they should do it.
my grandparents lived in Gary for a long time. I’m not sure there is a better poster child for a municipal deterioration
The Bears moving in would certainly be cruel and unusual punishment for the citizens.Indiana shouldn't agree to it unless the Bears change their name to the Gary Bears.The sticking point seems to be property taxes. Bears want assurances and carveouts for any future property increases. Which is rational and typical for projects like this. You can’t sink 2 billion in a project with the Damocles sword of major property tax spikes hanging over your head two years in.
Arlington Heights seems to be on board. Springfield is being Springfield.
If the Indiana state legislature wants to put together an enticing package, they should do it.
my grandparents lived in Gary for a long time. I’m not sure there is a better poster child for a municipal deterioration
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Having built a family, career, and business here, I can say . . .YMMV. But yeah, I’d probably have a lot more money if I were in DuPage.Kevin Warren is incompetent.
Maybe so. But you shouldn’t try to build things in Cook county. Not a building, not a stadium, not a family, not a business, not a career.
It’s run by destroyers and takers who hate the builders with every fiber of their being.
If the Bears Stadium ends up in Indiana, Mike Royko will be spinning in his grave...
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
I would hope they have enough sense to at least put it in Munster.
Are you kidding? Munster is the name of cheese.
I kinda like the Chesterton Bears.
Why no love for Whiting?