Leila Rahimi

One of the questions I want to ask the governor, Pat Quinn, who's joining us at 1025, is what is the delta between what the Bears can afford to put up for a stadium and what the NFL can afford versus what the state of Indiana is willing to give them?

And make no mistake, just because the Bears can't afford it, if you can find $5 off the street for free, you're probably going to do it.

And in this case, the Bears are also trying to do the same.

That's it.

So it's kind of like the state of Illinois asking the Bears to cover the cost for the Soldier Field renovations.

What is the beneficial cost where buying and selling Arlington Heights will be in their favor?

And you and I would go and try to get the best deal possible if we were responsible for our company.

If we're responsible for our house, we try to get the best deal possible.

I understand that part of it.

But what we do is we do our due diligence, and that's what makes it so incredibly frustrating.

I wish I could compare it to a game, except halftime happened before the first quarter.

So this isn't that.

This is what is supposed to happen.

All of this that I talked about, and I said it last week, all of this is supposed to happen before you buy the land, before you strike the deals.

It is supposed to be people and municipalities competing for what they can offer you in these cases.

I appreciate the sense of humor that Iowa had toward this.

I appreciate Iowa pointing out the absurdity through procedure and gracefulness.

I thought that that was fantastic.

because I certainly giggled when I saw that.

So I thought that that was great.