Layla Rahimi

Oh, I forgot about Vince Young being on the cover.

See, like when Madden was at the height of its power, like Vince Young being on the cover, you're like, oh.

But even I would be like, Madden, what are you doing?

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.

We are awaiting the arrival of Mayor Brandon Johnson, who we asked to come on the air because we needed some gaps filled in after we had seen multiple reports about how the pilot bill did not pass out of the Senate over the weekend before the legislative session.

in Springfield, Illinois, had come to a close.

And we understand, based on reporting by Marian Ahern of NBC5, the longtime political reporter, that the Chicago caucus did not vote in favor of that bill.

We wanted to ask Brandon Johnson about his role in that, the city's role in that, what he knew about it, and then also the reports that

there were side conversations going on throughout this entire time with the bears and the city that's something we need clarification on now we were told we had a certain amount of time with him that was based on a timeline that is already passing so i'm hoping we still get our allotted time with him but this is all part of what happens when we're waiting on somebody

Well, what's the plan?

Yeah.

And when the NFL says that the only two sites are Hammond and Arlington Heights in Chicago was not part of it.

Now, Brandon Johnson had a statement saying we have a publicly owned site.

The team has already vetted and approved an existing sports authority with a dedicated revenue stream and a framework for moving a deal forward.

Now.

He has addressed yesterday, and I don't think we have enough time to play the clip.

It was two minutes in its entirety.

But he addressed yesterday the concept of a new plan involving the Bears paying 70-some-odd percent of that in the neighborhood of 72%, and that the rest would be paid through the Illinois Sports Facility Authority.

But here's the issue.

That is based off of a 2% hotel tax.