[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL BE JOINndED BY I "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED NEW LEGISLATIVE MAPS INTO LAW TODAY.

THIS AFTER SPRINGFIELD DEMOCRATS WENT BACK AND REVISED THEIR MAPS BASED ON NEWLY RELEASED CENSUS DATA.

PRITZKER SAYS THE NEW MAPS ALIGN WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT BUT HE RECEIVED CRITICISM FOR GOING BACK ON CAMPAIGN PROMISES THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MAPS.

REPUBLICANS AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE SLAMMED THESE MAPS AND ARE FILING LAWSUITS TO OPPOSE THEM.

>> TWO FAMILIAR FACES ARE COMING BACK TO CHICAGO TUESDAY FOR A HISTORIC GROUNDBREAKING.

>> BARACK AND I KNEW WE WOULD COME BACK HERE.

IT'S WHERE I GREW UP SURROUNDED BY A COMMUNITY THAT MADE ME WHO I AM.

>> IT'S WHERE I GOT MY START IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

>> THAT IS FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA.

THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN JACKSON PARK AND THEY WILL BE JOINED BY CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IN WHAT IS BILLED AS A VIRTUAL GROUNDBREAKING.

THIS COMES AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS, DEBATES AND LAWSUITS FROM GROUPS OPPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTER IN HISTORIC JACKSON PARK.

THE OBAMAS ARE RAISING UPWARDS OF $500 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

THE PARENTS OF A MISSING CHICAGO WOMAN ARE PLEADING WITH AUTHORITIES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

CHATHAM RESIDENT AND U.S.

POSTAL EMPLOYEE CARA COLES WENT MISSING THREE YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS 26 AND THREE MONTHS PREGNANT.

TODAY IS HER 29TH BIRTHDAY AND COLE'S PARENTS HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO URGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DAUGHTER TO REPORT IT TO POLICE.

>> LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THAT SOUNDBYTE AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL AND JOINING US ARE MARIAH WOELFEL OF WBEZ.

KEVIN FISHBAIN OF ATHLETIC.

SARAH SCHULTE OF ABC7 NEWS AND NADAR ISSA OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES".

AND LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

HERE IS WHAT THE MAYOR SAID WHEN SHE UNVEILED HER $16.7 BILLION BUDGET MONDAY FOLLOWED BY PART OF AN INTERVIEW WITH A CRITIC, ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> OUR ULTIMATE GOAL WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY BUDGET IS TO RECOVER AND DEVELOP CHICAGO INTO A SAFER, STRONGER AND MORE PROSPEROUS CITY WHICH PEOPLE CAN TAKE ROOT IN AND RAISE A FAMILY AND BUILD A BUSINESS AND MAKE A BETTER LIFE.

>> THIS BUDGET FALLS SHORT OF MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I FIND IT AMAZING THAT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING CHICAGOANS PUBLIC SAFETY WAS GLOSSED OVER BY HIS BUDGET WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS AND LIES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> SARAH SCHULTE YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES IN THE CITY.

THE MAYOR ISSUES A BUDGET THERE MIGHT BE CRITICS BUT ULTIMATELY IT PASSES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS ONE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS AS THE MAYOR TETHERED MONDAY THERE IS NO NEW TAXES, NO FEES AND FINES AND THAT IS USUALLY THE SPEED BUMP IN THE ROAD FOR ALDERMEN.

SO I THINK IT WILL GET PASSED.

PLUS, SHE YOU KNOW, SHE HAS THIS WINDFALL OF FEDERAL MONEY $1.89 BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT SHE IS GOING TO SPEND ON ALL SORTS OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

WHICH ALSO IS HEAVILY CRITICIZED TOO.

SOME ALDERMEN ARE SAYING GREAT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT FEDERAL MONEY RUNS OUT?

BUT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO NEW TAXES THERE IS A TAX.

THERE'S STILL ALLOWING AN EXISTING TAX THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY THEY ARE ALLOWING THAT TO GO THROUGH.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE WHAT GENERATING ABOUT $79 MILLION FROM PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

>> RIGHT.

SHE SAID NO NEW TAXES BUT THE CAVEAT IS THAT PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO GO UP AS YOU SAID BECAUSE OF INFLATION BECAUSE OF THE LAW THEY PASSED LAST YEAR.

MARIAH WOELFEL, BUDGET HEARINGS STARTED TODAY.

DO YOU SEE ANY STICKING POINTS HERE IN THE BUDGET THAT MAY CAUSE A GROUP OF ALDERPEOPLE TO DISSENT?

>> WELL, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE EVEN THOUGH IT IS AUTOMATIC TIED TO INFLATION.

ALDERMEN HAVE TO APPROVE THAT EVERY YEAR.

AND SO THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION TO MAKE THAT A STICKING POINT IF THEY WANT TO DO SO.

I THINK SARAH HIGHLIGHTED ANOTHER CONCERN THAT CAME UP A LOT TODAY THAT THIS FEDERAL FUNDING IS A ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCE A LOT OF THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS YOU SEE THAT WE FEEL FOR A LOT OF ALDERMEN, ALDERMEN WERE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS HOW THOSE CAN CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED ONCE FEDERAL FUNDING RELIEF RUNS OUT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A STICKING POINT FOR ALDERMANIC VOTES ON THE BUDGET BUT I AM WAITING TO SEE HOW PROPERTY TAXES WILL PLAY OUT IN HEARINGS GOING FORWARD.

>> THERE ARE ALDERMEN THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

ABOUT 1.1 BILLION DOLLARS OF THAT FEDERAL RELIEF DOES GO TO STEM RED INK CAUSED BY COVID TO THE CITY BUDGET AND THERE ARE ALDERPEOPLE THAT WANT MORE OF THAT MONEY TO GO TO THE PROGRAMS.

NADAR ISSA DO YOU SEE THAT BECOMING A DEBATE?

>> YES.

I MEAN ANYTHING CAN BECOME A DEBATE.

BUT WHETHER THE MAYOR CAVES TO ANY DEMANDS OR TAKES UP ANY ISSUES REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

LAST YEAR DURING COVID, THERE WAS SO MUCH DEBATE AROUND THE BUDGET, ALDERMEN THREATENING TO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT MEMORY, REJECT THE MAYOR'S CITY BUDGET.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SORT OF ANIMOSITY OF HIS YEAR AROUND THIS BUDGET.

MAYBE SHE WILL MOVE DOLLARS HERE OR THERE TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONE PROGRAM THAT THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME THAT SHE THREW INTO THERE THAT ALDERMAN VILLEGAS IS UPSET ABOUT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN DELAYING AND TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS AND NOW PUT IT IN THERE.

THE MAYOR DID WITHOUT CONSULTING HIM.

YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROGRAMS THAT CAN GET MORE FUNDING.

BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE EFFORT TO REJECT THIS BUDGET.

>> NADER YOU BRING UP THAT SPAT BETWEEN ALDERMAN VILLEGAS AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

HE TOLD US ON THE SHOW THAT HE CAME TO HER WITH THAT PROPOSAL SIX MONTHS BEFORE SHE ADOPTED IT AND WHEN SHE DID ADOPT IT IT BLINDSIDED HIM HE WAS NEVER CONSULTED.

MARIAH WOELFEL WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT SPAT?

IS THERE ANYTHING TO MAKE OF THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE A LOT OF ALDERMEN SPOKE TODAY HOW THEY FEEL THEIR VOICES IS BEING HEARD.

WE HEARD AN ALDERMAN SHOOT BACK AT VILLEGAS SAYING HE SEES HIS IDEAS LAID OUT IN THE BUDGET AND HE IS NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT BUT HE IS HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

I THINK THAT THE MAYOR IS WITH THE FEDERAL WINDFALL GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE FROM A LOT OF THE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS THAT ALDERMEN HAVE BEEN PUSHING AND POLITICAL GROUPS AS WELL.

>> KEVIN FISHBAIN -- GO AHEAD.

>> YOU ALSO MAY BE HEARING FROM THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN THIS.

THE RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS ARE PRETTY UPSET THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING MORE OUT OF THIS.

SO YOU KNOW THEY'VE GOT HEAVY LOBBIES.

THEY MAY WEIGH-IN AS THESE THE PROCESS GOES ON >> AND PERHAPS GET MORE MONEY DIRECTED THEIR WAY.

KEVIN FISHBAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY SPENDING LOOKS TO BE A BILLION-AND-A-HALF MORE THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR, DESPITE COVID AND THE SHUTDOWN AND THE MAYOR SAYING NO NEW TAXES ARE YOU CONFIDENT THE CITY CAN MAKE ENDS MEET IN FUTURE YEARS WITHOUT BIG PROPERTY TAX INCREASES?

>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, PARIS AND I IMAGINE IT WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME IF A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW WE SUDDENLY HEAR ABOUT A NEW PROPERTY TAX.

I THINK THE GOAL OBVIOUSLY IS FIVE, 10 YEARS YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT THEY WASTED SOME OF THE FEDERAL WINDFALL AND MAKING SURE THEY MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT.

>> WE'LL SEE WHERE THE DEBATE GOES.

BUDGET HEARINGS CONTINUE NEXT WEEK BEFORE THERE IS A FINAL VOTE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER CHICAGO POLITICAL NEWS.

DEBATE HEATS UP AS CITY COUNCIL HOLDS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT NEW WARD MAPS AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS DISAPPOINTED IN C.P.S.

'S COVID TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING PROGRAMS AND WBEZ REPORT SHOWS TENSION BETWEEN THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT AND THE CHICAGO BEARS.

LET'S LISTEN WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE COVID SITUATION IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT WITH A FULL REOPENING AND BRINGING CHILDREN BACK FIVE DAYS A WEEK FULL-TIME THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE RESOURCES DEVELOPED AND THAT IS WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

CDPH IS ENGAGED AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT C.P.S.

IS GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT PATH OF MOVING FORWARD.

>> SHE IS DISAPPOINTED BUT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS THE BUCK STOPS WITH HER.

SHE IS IN CHARGE OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE SHE APPOINTS THE BOARD MEMBERS.

WHO IS SHE DISAPPOINTED WITH?

>> WELL, RIGHT, THAT'S THE KEY HERE IS BECAUSE SHE IS RUNNING THE DISTRICT.

AND UNTIL THERE IS AN ELECTED BOARD THE MAYOR IS THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND HER DISAPPOINTMENT HAS TO LAND SOMEWHERE.

NOW THERE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT C.P.S.

THIS SUMMER, JANICE JACKSON RESIGNED AT THE END OF JUNE.

THE INTERIM JOSE TORRES HAS COME IN AND THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR THE END OF IT.

THERE'S 12 VACANCIES OR POSITIONS AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP SO THAT HAS HAD SOME PART TO DO WITH IT WITH SOME OF THEIR TROUBLES GETTING STARTED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT FALLS ON THE MAYOR TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY.

AND THIS MAYOR ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO C.P.S.

HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG.

I MEAN YOU LOOK AT THE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT TO START THE YEAR.

A FEW THOUSAND KIDS A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR ALL OF A SUDDEN DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

AND SHE SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE EXPLICITLY THIS IS NOT ON US, NOT ON C.P.S.

THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT.

I MEAN THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHE CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE ARE HER FAULT FOR THE DISTRICT'S FAULT I'M NOT SURE WHO ME IS DISAPPOINTED?

>> I ASKED ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE OUTGOING C.E.O.

TORREZ AND SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MENTION NAMES SHE WANTS TO MOVE ON.

SARAH SCHULTE, THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SYSTEM WIDE COVID TESTING PROTOCOL THE CONTACT TRACING HAS BEEN SUBPARAACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS' UNION AND SOME PARENTS.

DO YOU SEE ANY SIGNS THAT C.P.S.

IS FIGURING THIS OUT?

>> WELL, NOT THIS WEEK.

I MEAN, I DON'T.

BUT I THINK THEY WILL.

I THINK THEY HAVE TO.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC PRESSURE ON THEM SO I THINK THEY WILL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

ONE THING THAT WAS CONFUSING TO ME IS THE MAYOR SAID SHE IS GOING TO HAVE CDPH AND Dr. ALLISON ARWADY GET DIRECTLY INVOLVED.

THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED.

SHE WAS ASKED Dr. ARWADY WAS ASKED YESTERDAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE SPECIFICALLY WHAT MORE IS SHE GOING TO DO?

SHE KIND OF MENTIONED FOLLOWING THE DATA MORE CLOSELY BUT SHE DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION AND GIVE SPECIFICS ON YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHEN WILL TESTING ON A REGULAR BASIS BEGIN, WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS FOR QUARANTINING.

THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS WEEK SHE IMPLIED THAT ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BASIS, THAT PRINCIPALS WERE NOT FOLLOWING THE QUARANTINING PROTOCOLS THAT THEY WERE QUARANTINING KIDS THAT WERE PASSING THROUGH THE HALLWAYS.

AND SHE FELT THERE WERE MORE KIDS BEING QUARANTINED THAN HAD TO BE QUARANTINED.

THAT IS AN ISSUE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TESTING IT'S THIS WHOLE QUARANTINING ISSUE, TOO.

>> AND NADER COULD THAT LEAD TO MORE LABOR STRIVE WHICH IS NOT TALKED ABOUT WORK STOPPAGE BUT WHO KNOWS IF THAT CHANGES?

>> JESSE SHARKEY AT WEDNESDAY'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING USED THE MAGIC WORD.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE UNION HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT CERTAIN ISSUES FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

BUT THEY DID NOT MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT COMING BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL AND HE FEELS LIKE THEIR CONCERNS ARE ONLY HEARD WHEN THEY ARE TIED TO A STRIKE OR A WORK STOPPAGE AND EVERYONE'S EARS PERKED UP.

YOU HEAR THE C.T.U.

PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT A STRIKE AGAIN.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL LEAD TO ANYTHING IN THE NEAR FUVMENT IF CASES GO BACK UP IN A MONTH A MONTH-AND-A-HALF TWO MONTHS, YOU MIGHT SEE A DIFFERENT TUNE COMING OUT OF THE C.T.U.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO HAMMER THINGS OUT THEY ARE NEGOTIATING BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THERE ARE CASES THERE ARE QUARANTINES IN C.P.S.

IT'S BEEN A MESS FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES AT A LOT OF SCHOOLS.

BUT Dr. ARWADY, C.P.S.

AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HANGING THEIR HAT ON OVERALL, THE CASES ARE REALLY LOW.

SO YEAH, ONE THING TO ADD WITH THE TESTING ISSUE.

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WERE VERY AVOIDABLE.

TESTING FOR EXAMPLE.

THEY ARE SAYING THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT TESTING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO CONDUCT THE TESTING.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE START OF THE SUMMER MIDWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER AT ANY POINT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.

I MEAN SOME OF THESE WOUNDS ARE SELF-INFLICTED.

>> A LOT OF ISSUES TO WADE THROUGH WITH C.P.S.

MARIAH WOELFEL THIS WEEK, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REMAP PROCESS TO REDRAW THE CITY WARD MAPS AFTER THE CENSUS.

LET'S BE HONEST HERE IS WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO...

IT'S WHICH WARD GETS REDRAWN SO AN INCUMBENT ALDERPERSON WOULD HAVE TO RUN AGAINST ANOTHER RESULTING IN ONE INCUMBENT LOSING THEIR JOB.

WHAT MIGHT BE IN DANGER DO YOU THINK?

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE TENSION TO PLAY OUT BETWEEN LATINO ALDERMEN AND BLACK ALDERMEN AS WE'VE SEEN BLACK POPULATION SHRINK AND BLACK ALDERMEN VOWING TO HOLD ON TO THE 18 MAJORITY WARDS.

AND THE LATINO POPULATION HAS SEEN AN INCREASE THE SECOND LARGEST MINORITY IN THE CITY WITH WHITES BEING AT 31%.

AND SO I THINK THAT YOU KIND OF STARTED TO SEE THOSE ISSUES PLAY OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL PLAY OUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

>> AND THIS -- >> AREN'T THEY ALSO TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY AN ASIAN WARD.

>> WHICH COULD BE THE OLD DALEY WARD AROUND BRIDGEPORT THE 11TH WARD I BELIEVE THAT IS.

AND SARAH, THE MAYOR HAS TALKED ABOUT GETTING VACCINATION RATES UP IN THE CITY TO 77%.

PRESIDENT BIDEN COMES TO TOWN NEXT WEEK TO TOUT VACCINE MANDATES DO YOU THINK THAT IS A REACHABLE GOAL FOR THE CITY?

OR SHOULD THE CITY AIM HIGHER?

>> I THINK THE CITY SHOULD AIM HIGHER AND THE MAYOR INDICATED SHE SHOULD AIM HIGHER TOO BUT WILL SETTLE FOR 77% AND THE 77% IS A PLAY OFF OF THE 77 NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THAT IS HOW THEY COME UP WITH THAT 77 NUMBER.

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE AT 72 OR 3 OR 4%?

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE DOSE NOT FULLY VACCINATED.

THEY ARE REALLY NOT FAR FROM THE GOAL AND TALKING ABOUT IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

I THINK THEY CAN REACH IT.

THERE ARE ZIP CODES OUT THERE THAT ARE LESS TAN 50% THEY ARE HAVING HARD TIMES WITH.

>> I WANT TO MOVE ON TO A STORY YOU REPORTED MARIAH WOELFEL ON JIM GARDINER WHO HAS A HOST OF PROBLEMS NOW ALLEGEDLY HE GAVE A RAISE TO A CAMPAIGN WORKER IN HIS TAXPAYER FUNDED ACCOUNT NOT OUT OF HIS CAMPAIGN.

FILL US IN THERE.

>> RIGHT.

SO THIS IS FOR HIS RACE FOR DEMOCRATIC WARD COMMITTEEMAN IN 2020 AFTER HE HAD ALREADY WON ALDERMANIC ELECTION.

AND SOURCES SAY THAT HE THE ALDERMAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO INSTEAD OF PAYING A EMPLOYEE IN HIS ALDERMANIC OFFICE FOR WORK THAT THAT EMPLOYEE DID ON THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN CAMPAIGN WITH CAMPAIGN FUNDS, THE ALDERMAN OFFERED THE EMPLOYEE A $10,000 RAISE TO THEIR CITY SALARY INSTEAD.

>> WHICH IS ILLEGAL.

>> WHICH IS ILLEGAL.

>> AND SOMETHING THAT RED FLAG FOR INVESTIGATORS.

WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THAT.

THIS IS A TOPIC EVERYONE WANTS TO WEIGH-IN.

KEVIN FISHBAIN, LET'S SAY THE YEAR IS 2027 AND THE BEARS ARE COMING OFF A SUPER BOWL VICTORY.

JUSTIN FIELDS HIS THIRD NFL MVP WHERE ARE THE BEARS PLAYING?

>> WELL, PARIS, FIRST OF ALL, I EXPECT TO SEE IF YOUR JUSTIN FIELDS JERSEY WHEN THEY RETURN HOME NEXT WEEK.

YOU KNOW, IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK WE'RE ALL WAITING ON THE BID AT ARLINGTON PARK.

AND IF THE BEARS WIN THAT BID, THAT IS STEP ONE AND THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO BUT EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THIS WEEK THE REPORTING FROM WBEZ MAGNIFIES THAT RIFT BETWEEN THE BEARS AND CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

AND THE BEARS EVERY OTHER WEEK THIS YEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO A ROAD STADIUM THAT IS BETTER THAN THEIRS.

AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO PLACES MAKING MORE MONEY AND HAVE BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FANS THAN THE STADIUM THAT THEY SHARE WITH THE PARK DISTRICT.

I THINK THEY ARE MOTIVATED AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, THE TWO SIDES CONTINUE TO HAVE THE RIFT IT WILL GIVE THE BEARS MORE MOTIVATION TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEIR OWN STADIUM.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED THAT REPORT SHOWING TENSION BETWEEN THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE BEARS AND YESTERDAY ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" BRANDIS FRIEDMAN TALKED WITH MARC GANIS ABOUT THAT STORY AND ASKED WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLDIER FIELD TO KEEP THE TEAM THERE.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID... >> IN SOLDIER FIELD, LONG-TERM?

I DON'T THINK IT'S VIABLE.

IS IT VIABLE -- THEY NEED A NEW STADIUM WHEREVER IT GOES, THE NEXT GENERATION OF BEARS FANS WILL BE GOING TO A NEW STADIUM.

I'M CONFIDENT OF THAT.

WHETHER THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF CHICAGO ALONG THE LAKEFRONT NEAR THE EXISTING STADIUM, OR ARLINGTON OR ANOTHER LOCATION.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THIS DECADE, THE BEARS ARE LIKELY TO BE PLAYING IN A NEW STADIUM SOMEWHERE IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

>> MARIAH WOELFEL ABOUT THAT WBEZ REPORT HOW BAD IS THIS RIFT BETWEEN THE BEARS AND THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT?

AND A REMINDER, THE PARK DISTRICT OWNS SOLDIER FIELD AND THE BEARS LEASE IT FROM THEM I BELIEVE, HOW BAD IS THAT ARRANGEMENT?

>> I WILL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE THE E-MAILS WBEZ OBTAINED TALKED ABOUT AN APRIL MEETING BETWEEN PARK DISTRICT C.E.O.

MICHAELLY AND THE BEARS' C.E.O.

TED PHILLIPS.

AND AFTER THAT MEETING THEY HAD TENSE E-MAIL EXCHANGES IN WHICH TED PHILLIPS WAS ASKING FOR DOCUMENTS THAT HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN FROM MICHAELLY THAT HE CLAIMS HE NEVER GOT OUTLINING UPGRADES TO THE STADIUM AND MIKE KELLY TOLD HIM HE HAD A PROPENSITY OF HISTORICAL MISSTATEMENTS SAYING HE HAD GIVEN THE DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY.

AS WE'VE NOW SEEN, OVER THE BEARS DESIRE FOR THE ABILITY TO FOR SPORTS BETTING AT THE STADIUM.

>> WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

NADAR ISSA YOU ARE A BEARS FAN.

ARE THEY GOING TO LOSE FANS BY NOT PLAYING IN SOLDIER FIELD?

THEY PLAYED AT WRIGLEY BEFORE THAT BUT SOLDIER FIELD HAS BEEN A STAPLE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT WILL FANS FOLLOW THEM TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS?

>> YES, IF THEY DIDN'T PUSH THROUGH THE FANS THROUGH THE JOHN FOX ERA AND WATCHING MITCH TRUBISKY FOR FOUR YEARS I DON'T THINK THEY WILL LOSE FANS FOR GOING TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> THAT IS SUCH A GOOD POINT AN EXCELLENT POINT.

>> PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE THEM ON THE LAKEFRONT BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WITH AT LEAST 10,000, 20,000 MORE SEATS MORE AMENITIES, SETTING, THE SIMPLE THING OF RESTAURANTS AROUND THE STADIUM I THINK JUST HOW MANY SUBURBAN FANS THERE ARE AND EVEN CITY FANS BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE METRA UP THERE.

I THINK THEY WILL HAVE A PACKED STADIUM EVERY WEEK.

>> IT HELPS THERE IS THAT METRA STOP.

KEVIN FISHBAIN WHEN IS THAT DEAL GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED?

WHEN WILL WE KNOW WHO IS THE WINNING BIDDER FOR THAT PROPERTY?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

THERE ARE RUMORS THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

AND HERE WE ARE.

SO I THINK ARLINGTON'S SEASON IS STARTING TO WRAP UP, TOO MAYBE THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

BUT THOSE E-MAILS THAT CAME OUT THE TIMING OF THOSE E-MAILS, THOSE E-MAIL EXCHANGES TOOK PLACE A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THE BEARS ANNOUNCED THEY PLACED THAT BID.

THE BEARS SAID THE TWO THINGS THEY ARE NOT RELATED BUT IT'S HARD TO BUY THAT.

>> VERY INTERESTING TIMING.

THE LAST RACE IS THIS WEEKEND.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHITE SOX KEVIN FISHBAIN THEY CLINCHED THE DIVISION AND FANS ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING .500 BALL SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK.

ARE THERE SIGNS THEY CAN GET HOT FOR THE PLAYOFFS?

>> THE WAY THEY CLINCHED WITH THE HOME RUNS FROM THEIR STAR PLAYERS WAS A REMINDER WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF.

IF YOU GO BACK TO 2005 THEY HAD THIS SEPTEMBER SWOON WHERE EVERYONE WAS NERVOUS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BLOW THIS LEAD TO CLEVELAND.

AND THE DIP WAS YOU STILL HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE STARTING PITCHING AND RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET AT THIS POINT.

DALLAS CANNOT DEPEND ON HIM.

LUCAS HAD A GOOD YEAR BUT NOT A GREAT YEAR.

LANCE HURT.

ALL THE GUYS IF YOU WOULD RELY ON THE FOUR GUYS YOU WOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RELY ON GETTING THE POWER SURGE AND THAT HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT ALL SEASON LONG.

I THINK THE WHITE SOX FANS WANT TO GET TO OCTOBER.

IT WAS A BIT OF A RELIEF THAT THEY CLINCHED AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT.

IT'S BEEN A TOUGH GO THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> AND HE IS NURSING THAT INJURY AND THE TEAM SAYS HE WILL BE BACK.

AND THE ACTUAL GAME FOR THE BEARS.

JUSTIN FIELDS MAKES HIS FIRST NFL START SHOULD FANS TEMPER THEIR EXPECTATIONS HERE?

HE HAS ALL THE POTENTIAL IN THE WORLD BUT HE IS A ROOKIE.

SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE ROOKIE MISTAKES?

>> I THINK YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE THEM.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL BEARS TAMPER THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

THIS COULD BE THE GUY.

THIS GUY IS MORE TALENT THAN ANY QUARTERBACK THIS TEAM HAS HAD IN THEIR ENTIRE 100 YEARS.

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN HE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE FRANCHISE HISTORY BUT HE HAS THE POTENTIAL HE HAS THE MOST POTENTIAL OF ANYBODY THEY'VE BROUGHT IN.

IT COULD BE A LOW BAR.

BUT I THINK IT IS OK TO BE EXCITED.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT WILL BE A ROLLERCOASTER.

HE IS GOING TO HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE 50-YARD THROW OR 60-YARD RUN SUNDAY AND HE WILL THROW AN INTERCEPTION THAT YOU WILL REALIZE OK HE IS A ROOKIE, THE FIRST START ON THE ROAD AGAINST A GOOD DEFENSE.

EVERYONE HAS TO RIDE THE ROLLERCOASTER.

BUT I THINK BEARS FANS HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH WITH THIS POSITION FOR SO LONG, I THINK IT'S OK TO BE EXCITED NOW AND JUST SEE WHERE IT GOES.

>> I DON'T -- >> ABOUT REX GROSSMAN?

>> THAT IS TRUE.

I DON'T THINK REX HAD THE POTENTIAL UPSIDE THAT JUSTIN HAS AND KEVIN YOU ARE RIGHT THERE WAS THAT BEAUTIFUL THROW TO ROBINSON AND THAT TOUGH INTERCEPTION.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME THANKS TO MARIAH WOELFEL, KEVIN FISHBAIN, SARAH SCHULTE AND NADAR ISSA.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

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