Where's the publicly owned site Brandon Johnson claims is Bears-approved? (Hour 4)
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What did Brandon Johnson claim about the Bears' stadium situation?
They're not going to be called the Arlington Heights Bears.
Oh, I miss Les. K-H. That is from one of my favorite moments listening to the score was Mark Grody in the crosstalk segment with Les. What would you call that? The segment where you and Les got to overlap.
Off the rails. Ridiculous is a word I would use for it. Insane. Eye-opening. Doesn't have an official title. Wrong at times. Embarrassing at times. Great at times.
Grody's asking Les if they were going to put an A-H on the helmet.
You sometimes like to say things just to get me stirred up, is what he said after that.
Oh, my goodness. I was howling. And you know what's funny? As true to the late Les' form, it hasn't happened yet.
It's true. It was correct. Yeah. It's not going to happen. It's never going to happen. He's right about that. That's what I would have called it. Wait, what? Raw leg. Raw leg. Go on. Say more. Yeah. Lesson grody. Wait, raw leg, lessen grody. Oh, oh, wait a minute.
I really want to understand this.
You guys are raw. Oh, like Eddie Murphy raw. Like we're raw. Because y'all are raw. Yeah. Lifetime achievement award. Every time I hear a clip, I think about how raw you guys were. We were. I think raw is a pretty good word to describe what went on at 4 o'clock in the morning every day for about five years.
And it was whatever you want to call it, insanely more productive than whatever the hell's gone on in Springfield.
We're trying.
24 hours. Yeah. So here's what we know. Jeff Buchholz, the WBBM political news editor, joined us at 11 o'clock and he explained why the pilot bill, which wasn't just about the bears. became a bill that a lot of legislators didn't want to decide or vote on or whatever you want to say. He reported that the sentiment around Springfield was that it was a bad bill. There were so many add-ons and qualifiers and all these things that it became overwritten. And so he surmised that that was part of the reason it ended up ultimately failing. Then there was the second attempt where overnight we saw the... the state try to put together a bill that would give the Bears money, but then the stadium would ultimately become publicly owned, which a lot of you were correct, the listeners, in wondering, well, didn't the Bears want to own their stadium?
Wasn't that the impetus for them leaving Soldier Field anyway? To which I say, yes, you are correct. And then we hear that... Paris Schutz tells us when he was out with Mully and Haw this morning, he talked about how, well, number one, the Bears were not listening to their lobbyists, that he had had that. We've heard that from multiple sources. And then number two, that the Bears weren't even present when it came to the head people you would expect to be there asking for this tax break, a.k.a. money, which is Kevin Warren and George McCaskey. And then Jeff... reiterated that saying Scott Hagel was the chief lobbyist. He also had been in the Bears organization for years and was the head of this project.
The Bears issued a statement saying we will finalize our evaluation of both Arlington Heights and Hammond and remain on the lake. the late spring, early summer timeline that we previously communicated. We will provide an update when we have a decision to share. Bears. At the end it says Bears.
But Layla was quick to point out there was no year on that late spring.
I did not see a year on late spring. So... Parish Shuts, as we mentioned, talked to Mully and Haw early this morning. And I know our guys in the back, Tyler and Ray, our producers, are working on cutting up soundbites for you because J.B. Pritzker spoke at 11 o'clock this morning. So guys, what can you tell us about the clip that you want everybody to hear coming up in our segment here? So this is Parish Shuts and he's talking about how from what everything he heard is how he doesn't feel like the mayors were quite involved in this whole situation. So here it is.
Well, let's not forget about Cicero. They're over 70,000. And maybe at the old Hawthorne racetrack or something, they can come up with a plan.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Brandon Johnson claim about the Bears' stadium situation?
0:01–5:26
2
Why are there concerns about the Bears' stadium funding models?
5:26–9:29
3
What are the implications of a publicly owned stadium for the Bears?
9:29–13:34
4
How did local mayors respond to the Bears' stadium plans?
13:34–16:43
5
What challenges are the Bears facing in Springfield regarding their stadium?
16:43–19:59
6
How do listeners feel about the Bears potentially leaving Chicago?
19:59–22:41
7
What alternative stadium sites have been suggested by callers?
22:41–26:36
8
What are the final thoughts on the Bears' future in Chicago?
26:36–39:35
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