I really doubt that the #Bears would stay in Downtown Chicago and, if even needs to be said, the 5th Floor is just being used to leverage additional tax breaks on their newly-acquired properties in Arlington Heights.
This has been a long-time coming, though. The McCaskey's (the #Bears owners) want their own stadium and they want a big stadium (and a whole theme park now, really).
Fair asks I guess, except the State of #Illinois was always going to pay handsomely for it either way.
The fact is... in #Chicago... I have no idea where they could even put a new stadium at the size they want - let alone adjacent to any new amenities they want.
On my recent visit to Casey, IL I came across a lot where several old trucks were parked. Yea!
I used my Pentax Super-Takumar 50mm F1.4 lens to take these photos. It is very soft when wide open and adds a little yellow due to the very slightly radioactive thorium in the glass. Works great when going for that vintage look!
Maintained by the Douglas-Hart Foundation in cooperation with Eastern #Illinois University, the Whiteside Garden is a refreshing, five-acre #prairie retreat, replete with giant magnolias, flowering #Japanese dogwoods, red buckeyes, wisteria, and a host of other flowering #plants.
5/15 - Debt Ceiling, Robocall Lawsuits, Google Deceives in Ads, Gilead Win Implications and Apparent Agency Medical Malpractice
We have #debtceiling talk, #robocall lawsuits, #Google pays for deceptive ads, implications of the #Gilead win for HIV prophylaxis and apparent agency in a medical malpractice case in #Illinois.
Today in history: Standard Oil is dissolved by #SCOTUS, creating 34 independent companies (for at time).
You have been sucking on the tit of #Chicago and the State of #Illinois for years - and when someone finally taps you on the shoulder to pay your fair share, you whine about it.
Danville, Illinois City Council passed an ordinance to prohibit the mailing or shipping of medication abortion pills.
"An Illinois city on Tuesday banned the mailing or shipping of abortion pills, defying the state’s Democratic attorney general and the American Civil Liberties Union, who have repeatedly warned that the move violates Illinois law’s protection of abortion as a fundamental right."
A windstorm in #Illinois led to numerous crashes and “multiple fatalities” on Interstate 55. Police said the crashes involved 40 to 60 passenger cars and multiple tractor-trailers. Climate change is not a hoax and it seems tornado ally is moving east northeast https://breaking.iavian.net/article/335595
Public and school #libraries are only eligible for state funding if they “adopt the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights” or “develop a written statement prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials within the library or library system.“
Illinois signs law preventing book bans: 'Regimes ban books, not democracies' (www.thepinknews.com)
Governor J. B. Pritzker has signed a new law which prevents state-wide book bans, saying 'Regimes ban books, not democracies'.
Resurgence In the Midwest (www.thenation.com)
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann examines how liberals and Democrats got their groove back in the Midwest.
Champaign-Urbana transit honors Juneteenth with free rides and block party celebration (newschannel20.com)
The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District is celebrating Juneteenth with free rides on the holiday and a block party on Friday.