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  1. “If we’re not in the end zone, we’re on the goal line”. Ok, well here’s another analogy for you. “Sacked for a loss.” Until the deal is signed, anything can change. And there is no doubt, Bears would prefer to go to Arlington Heights.

  2. There is something very Hoosier, or at least very Indiana-Republican, about saying government cannot afford sidewalks, streets, schools, parks, transit, mental health, housing, downtown maintenance, or basic civic beauty, Apparently we cut, cut, cut taxes and we can’t afford anything nice for people here 24/7/365, but we can always find a new way to be taxed a $1 billion for skyboxes that get filled 8 times a year. Pathetic.

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