Burn it All Down

Conehead taking a stand earlier this week:

• Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday mounted the legislative equivalent of a goal-line stand against the Bears’ quest for the property tax break needed to pave the way for a domed stadium in Arlington Heights.

  Johnson questioned why any lawmaker from Chicago would even think about providing a massive tax break for a professional sports team valued at nearly $9 billion, while ignoring the need for what he calls progressive revenue to increase school funding and help working people struggling to make ends meet.

  [...] Hours before joining fellow Chicago-area mayors in Springfield, where he has had little success, Johnson made it clear that he would use whatever political muscle he has to block the so-called megaprojects bill now before the Illinois Senate after clearing the Illinois House on April 22.

  Though Chicago is no longer part of the conversation to build a domed stadium needed to keep the Bears in Illinois and stave off a move to Northwest Indiana, Johnson is still holding out hope to keep the Bears in the city.

  “I’m building things in this city. I want to build more things in this city. Why is that important? Because it creates opportunities for Chicagoans,” Johnson said. “Why would I advocate for something that wouldn’t benefit the people of Chicago? I don’t know why any Chicago legislator would vote for anything that doesn’t benefit the people that they represent.”

Conehead is building nothing and has almost no political muscle. He has no background in construction or economics and no allies in Springfield. His administration is presiding over the smallest number of permits issued to tower cranes in decades - under ten for all of 2026 - and that doesn't sound like a building boom. 

And don't even get us started on the plywood forests of the formerly thriving downtown storefronts. Prickwrinkle should be undercutting Conehead at every turn, seeing as how Arlington Heights would still be in her sphere of influence. 

An intelligent politician would be looking at what Soldier Field could be repurposed as, seeing as how there might be opportunities to exploit instead of whining about the perfectly logical move away from a failing city only looking to line its threadbare pockets.