Leila Rahimi

And I feel like we're somewhere in the middle of all of it.

Like we're in the worst of the Venn diagrams.

You know, how would you explain to people who may not understand?

when something like this becomes tenuous and then perhaps when you, the risk of wasting people's time or the risk of what this process could result in, not just for Illinois residents, but for perhaps Indiana and also for Bears fans?

Yeah, Governor Quinn, I agree.

And thank you for letting us in on a lot of the it's it's not fun talk.

You know, I know it's the stuff you had to deal with every day when you were leading the state.

But the procedural understanding and what a lot of this means, it really does help people who, you know, we're normally talking about like Max Crosby or something like that at this time of the year.

So we appreciate it.

I think you bring up a good point.

There's the emotional part of this and the loyalty among the taxpayers who agreed in Cook County to that large bill that's still on the books and still currently the responsibility of the Cook County taxpayer.

And then there's also...

the latent result of what happens if the Bears leave.

You know, I think the money seems to be what is talking here.

You know, in your experience, when you've seen other teams do this, Kansas City Chiefs come to mind, they just decided to move to Kansas.

You know, what has been your impression just as a state official of how teams are getting this done just by pitting municipalities against each other?

Governor, you've been so nice with your time.

We have a couple more questions on behalf of not just us, but also just the feedback we're getting right now from our listeners.

Are you OK to hang with us through a brief commercial break?

And thank you so much.