>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

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TOP CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR PAUL VALLAS FACES CAUTIONED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE FULLY RESIDES IN CHICAGO.

>> I WILL WORK WITH EVERY COMMUNITY TO CONFRONT OUR CRIME PROBLEM.

>> WTTW REPORTS AND PROPERTY RECORDS SHOWING VALLAS PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN PALOS HEIGHTS.

RENTING APARTMENT IN BRIDGEPORT ABOUT A YEAR.

>>> MAYORAL CANDIDATES SPEND EVERY DAY THIS WEEK AT FORUMS AS NERVES FREIGHT WITH LESS THAN THREE WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY.

>>> THE NEW CHICAGO CASINO GETS THE GREEN LIGHT FOR TEMPORARY LOCATION AT MADONNA TEMPLE.

RENEWED TALKS OF TAX BREAKS FOR NEW ARLINGTON HEIGHTS BEARS STADIUM.

>>> JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IS HEATHER CHERONE OF WTTW NEWS, MIKE FLANNERY OF FOX 32 CHICAGO, GREGORY PRATT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, DAN MIHALOPOULOS OF WBEZ.

SO MANY DEBATES AND FORUMS THIS WEEK, WE THOUGHT IT DO IT DEBATE/FORUM STYLE.

DO NOT ATTACK THE MODERATOR, MIKE , PLEASE.

TALK ABOUT THE STORY REPORTED YESTERDAY.

PAUL VALLAS ASSERTIVE PRIMARY RESIDENCE HIS APARTMENT IN BRIDGEPORT EVEN THOUGH PROPERTY RECORDS SHOW HE AND HIS WIFE TRAINING TAX EXEMPTIONS ON HIS PALOS HEIGHTS HOMES WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT AS HIS LEGAL PRIMARY RESIDENCE.

IS THE CONTEXT.

>> COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR CONDUCTED A PROBE INTO WHETHER THAT PROPERTY TAX BREAK ON THE PALOS HEIGHTS HE WAS CORRECT.

COOK COUNTY INSPECTOR SAID IT WAS PROPERLY RECEIVED.

THAT IS HIS LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENCE AT THE SAME TIME HE IS RUNNING FOR CHICAGO REGISTERED TO VOTE FROM THAT BRIDGEPORT APARTMENT.

QUESTION FOR CHICAGO VOTERS WHO GO TO THE POLLS ON MONDAY WITH EARLY VOTING STARTING IN THE WARDS AND ELECTION DAY ON FEBRUARY 28 , IS THAT SOMETHING THEY WANT IN CHICAGO MAYOR?

>> EVIDENCE WE ANALYZE SHOWING SIGNS HE SPENT TIME IN PALOS HEIGHTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THINK HE SPENT TIME IN BRIDGEPORT OVER THE LAST YEAR, JOE FERGUSON, FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL TELLS US, IT COMES UNDER YOUR YOU LAY YOUR HEAD AT NIGHT.

DAN MIHALOPOULOS, D.C.

ENOUGH TO CONFIRM VALLAS SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE YEAR AS CHICAGO RESIDENT ?

>> DOES NOT MATTER.

THE VOTING HAS BEGUN.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HASHED OUT BY ONE OF THE OPPONENTS BEFORE HAND.

I'M NOT TAKING SIDES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, AS HEATHER SAID, MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR VOTERS, BONA FIDE CHICAGOAN TO THEM , CLEARLY HE LIVED IN THE CITY AT THAT TIME, HE WAS REQUIRED TO DO SO.

COMING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE SUBURBS AND JOBS IN OTHER CITIES.

IT REMINDS ME OF THOSE LONG DAYS WE SPENT ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO IN THE BASEMENT OF 69 WEST WASHINGTON WATCHING RAHM EMANUEL DRAG OUT PHOTOS OF HIS WEDDING ALBUM AND WHATNOT THAT HE NEEDED TO PROVE WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM D.C., HE WAS BARACK OBAMA'S 8.

HE STAYED ON THE BALLOT, I THINK VALLAS WILL BE A CHOICE.

>> BALLOT CHOICE BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIVE IN CHICAGO, HE KEPT THE HOUSE HE RENTED OUT.

THE STATE SUPREME COURT DECIDED, MIKE FLANNERY, YOU KEPT YOUR PIANO AND WEDDING DRESS AND SOME TVS, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO PROVE YOU ARE CHICAGOAN.

>> IN THE END, IT HAD ZERO IMPACT ON THAT ELECTION.

DID NOT STOP HIM FROM WINNING EASILY.

MY GUESS IS THIS WILL HAVE NOT A HUGE, I WILL NOT SAY ZERO, IT WON'T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.

>> I THINK FOR A LOT OF VOTERS THAT MADE UP THEIR MINDS, IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER.

>> ISSUES ARE BIGGER WITH PAY LOS .

>> NOTHING MORE CHICAGO QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS CHICAGOAN.

IT COULD BOTHER SOME PEOPLE BUT KIND OF INTERESTING SIDESHOW THAT KEEPS IT ENTERTAINING.

>> THAT COLD PET PEEVE OF CHICAGOANS, SOME GOES TO ANOTHER CITY AND SAYS I'M FROM CHICAGO, THEY ARE FROM LIBERTY BELL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> OR PALOS.

>> PALOS HEIGHTS.

>> I PROPOSE IN MY REPORTER ROLE, TACKS ON PEOPLE SAYING THEY ARE CHICAGOAN WHEN THEY ARE FROM THE SUBURBS.

>> THE CRISIS IS SOLVED.

>> GREGORY PRATT WHAT YOU THINK, GIVEN THE FACT HAZEL GREEN BROUGHT IT UP, WHY DID NOBODY CHALLENGE VALLAS' RESIDENCY ?

>> RESIDENCY CHALLENGES ARE FOOL'S ERRANDS.

HE DOES NOT LIVE HERE, RAHM EMANUEL.

BALLOT REGISTERED AT DIFFERENT CHICAGO LOCATION SINCE 2018, 2017.

THESE THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT.

NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES, MANPOWER TO DO IT.

PEOPLE DID NOT THINK IT WAS WORTHWHILE FROM A CAMPAIGN PERSPECTIVE.

THEY SHOULD HAVE TO TIE HIM UP .

AT THE VERY LEAST -- >> TO SPEND MONEY AS A CAMPAIGN.

DAN MIHALOPOULOS, A LOT OF STORY ABOUT PAUL VALLAS THIS WEEK RELATED TO DONATIONS HE HAS GOTTEN, SUPPORT FROM CPD OFFICER POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN LAQUAN McDONALD SITUATION.

IS A SUB BYPRODUCT OF PERCEIVED FRONT RUNNER OR CLOSE TO FRONT RUNNER?

>> HE COULD BE BYPRODUCT OF THE EFFECT NOT BETTING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WELL ENOUGH.

I DON'T THINK THE GUY WHO GOT THE VIDEO AND SAW THAT VIDEO BEFORE THE REST OF US DID, ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TANGENTIALLY INVOLVED, GAVE THAT MONEY AWAY WITH INTEREST HE GOT.

>> HEATHER CHERONE GIVE AWAY.

>> $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT .

VALLAS WOULD TAKE YOUR POINT OF VIEW, THE OFFICER DID NOTHING WRONG.

THE FACT HE WAS NOT PUNISHED.

AND THEN YOU HAD DEBORAH, THE FORMER CPS BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS VERY HEAVILY CRITICIZED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CPS IN INSIDER CONTRACTOR SCANDAL.

HE GOT MONEY FROM HER RUNNING FOR MAYOR, VALLAS LOST FOUR YEARS AGO.

GAVE IT AWAY WHEN WE REPORTED ON IT THEN AND TOOK MORE THIS TIME.

THIS TIME I'M KEEPING IT I THINK SHE IS COOL.

>> MIKE FLANNERY NOT THE ONLY ONE GIVING AWAY DONATION PICTURE WE GARCIA GAVE AWAY DONATIONS FROM SAM BANKMAN-FRIED TO HIS CRYPTO SCAMS , IS CHUY GARCIA, WHY DO THAT NOW ?

>> I THINK HE DID IT -- >> HE GAVE FINANCIAL DONATION AWAY, THIS TIME GIVEN IT AWAY TWICE, THE FIRST HIM TO APOLOGIZE, THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE THE CREDITORS AND BANKRUPTCY WANTED IT BACK.

HE HAD TO GIVE IT AWAY TWICE.

>> THE MAYOR INSISTS HE SHOULD CHIP IN $200,000 BECAUSE OF THE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE THAT PUT POLITICAL RESOURCES BEHIND HIS CAMPAIGN.

CAMPAIGN HE WAS UNOPPOSED IN, HE SAYS HE DID NOT ASK FOR, DID NOT NEED.

YOU KNOW, HE IS DECLINING TO DO THAT.

IT GIVES HIM A TALKING POINT WHEN INEVITABLY , THE CRITICS, THE RIVALS RAISE THE ISSUE.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT FIREWORKS FROM THE MULTITUDE OF FORUMS AND DEBATES.

THE MAYOR FREQUENTLY TOOK THE MODERATORS AT THE FORUMS TO TASK.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE LADEN WITH PREMISE IS BELIED BY THE FACTS.

DESCRIBING THEM AS IF DUMB, LAZY, NOT DOING ANYTHING.

>> THE QUESTION , NOT A MAYOR, ABOUT 45% OF -- >> HERE'S WHAT I KNOW.

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW.

THE REALITY, I INVITE YOU TO COME WITH ME SOMETIME TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL.

>> MIKE, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, MENTALLY MODERATE ONE OF THE FORUMS THE MAYOR TOOK US TO TASK FOR QUESTIONS.

WHAT DID WE DO WRONG?

>> THAT HAD ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A REHEARSED OUTBURST .

IN OUR PLANNING SESSIONS FOR THE FORUM, THE VERY FIRST MEETING, I TOLD MIKE COLLEAGUES SHE IS GOING TO ATTACK US.

I SUSPECT IT WILL INVOLVE SOMETHING AKIN TO SUGGESTING BLACK AND BROWN KIDS, BY ASKING ABOUT THEM BEING THE VICTIMS, 45% OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.

THEY ARE THE VICTIMS HERE.

BUT BY TWISTING THAT AROUND TO MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH I'M CALLING THEM DUMB AND LAZY.

SHE DUCKED THE THING.

I REHEARSED THAT RESPONSE, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR , THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FALSE.

THAT WAS A LINE ITEM REHEARSED JUST AS SHE -- >> I THOUGHT IT WAS COMPLETELY IMPROMPTU.

>> THEN I SAID THAT, I REPEATED THE QUESTION.

WHAT ABOUT THE 45% OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS, MET A MAYOR, WHO ARE NOT IN CLASS?

I MADE IT CLEAR SHE WAS DUCKING THE QUESTION.

PEOPLE COULD MAKE THEIR OWN MINDS UP.

>> HEATHER CHERONE , WITH FORMS AND DEBATES, EIGHT CANDIDATES, JIMMY GARCIA DID NOT COME, NINE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT DEBATES, DID ANYTHING COME OUT OF THESE GIVE VOTERS CLEAR PICTURE OF WHO WOULD BEST SERVE THEIR INTEREST ?

>> THEY DID GET A SENSE OF WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS DONE IN OFFICE.

SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO COUNTERPUNCH, DISPUTE THE PREMISE OF ANY QUESTION OR ANY SUGGESTION THERE IS SOME ISSUE OR SOME FAILING IN HER ADMINISTRATION.

I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR VOTERS TO SEE.

I ALSO THINK YOU SAW THAT, CANDIDATES LIKE RODRICK SAWYER AND SOPHIA KING, JA'MAL GREEN AND KAM BUCKNER HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES.

THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM BUT THEY ARE ALL SORT OF IN GENERALIZED MODERATE PROGRESSIVE SORT OF LANE THEY ARE ELBOWING FOR SPACE.

WHERE IS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE JOHNSON, WHO I THINK SEEMS TO RESONATE WITH PEOPLE LOOKING FOR ROBUST, REALLY LEFT PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO CHICAGO.

>> BACKED HEAVILY BY THE TEACHERS UNION.

TELLING US HERE DID NOT DIFFER WITH THE TEACHERS' UNION ON ANY SINGLE POLICY.

>> WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?

>> ANOTHER PERSON TICKET MODERATOR TO TASK, GREGORY PRATT YOU COVERED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE FORUMS WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ?

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GET A CHANCE NOT JUST TO HEAR POLICY IDEAS, ALTHOUGH THEY DO, TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT KIND OF LEADER THEY ARE, PERSONALITY THEY HAVE.

AS MUCH AS YOUR POLICY IDEAS AND PLANS AFFECT HOW YOU GOVERN, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE.

WATCHING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE REACT, HOW THEY WORK AND APPEAL TO THE VOTERS IS WORTHWHILE.

I KNOW CONSULTANTS ARE TALKING TO THEM A LOT ABOUT THAT, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T COME OFF LOOKING TOO ANGRY OR COMBATIVE.

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T, -- I'M SITTING HERE AS MODERATOR KNOWING FOLKS LIKE RODRICK SAWYER POLLING A 0%, JA'MAL GREEN AT 2% OR 3%, I HAVE TO GET THEM IN.

ASSESS THAT SECOND TIER OF CANDIDATES .

>> VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION .

I DON'T ENVY YOU WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY CANDIDATES AND YOU ARE TRYING TO DO EQUAL TIME , YOU KNOW, IT IS DIFFICULT TO CUT PEOPLE UP BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO.

THE OTHER CANDIDATES , LOOK , EVERYONE IS TRYING TO WORK THE REFS.

WEATHER DURING THE FORUM OR ON TWITTER , THROUGH SUPPORTERS , BOTS.

>> COMING FROM A HUGE SOCCER FAN HERE.

>> I THINK YOU GUYS DID THE BEST THAT YOU COULD.

SOMETIMES IT BENEFITS THEM AS MIKE WAS IMPLYING TO BE COMBATIVE.

SOME OF THE OTHERS TRY TO GET A WORD IN.

I FEEL FOR THEM, IF YOU DON'T RAISE THE MONEY, IT IS HARD TO BE CONSIDERED.

>> I THINK THE MAYOR, FOUR YEARS AGO , I THINK THAT COULD PLAY AS THAT KIND OF SNARK AND CHALLENGING STUFF COULD PLAY ON BEHALF OF THE AUDIENCE.

FOR THE INCUMBENT, DOES NOT PLAY THE SAME WAY.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BUILD REPUTATION, OLDER PEOPLE COMING OUT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COMBATIVE NATURE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

FORMER ALLIES BECOME ENEMIES AND GOING ON WITH DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN .

THERE'S POLLING THIS WEEK THAT SUGGESTS 63% OF CHICAGOANS DON'T FEEL SAFE.

HEATHER CHERONE, DOES THIS REFLECT ON THEIR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND HOW DIFFICULT THE ELECTION WILL BE ?

>> I CAN'T HELP BUT REFLECT ON HER.

SOME INCUMBENT RUNNING ON SOME LEVEL IS REFERENDUM ON HIS OR HER PERFORMANCE.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING.

I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR CHICAGOANS TO GRAPPLE WITH, DIFFICULT ISSUE TO COVER BECAUSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT CARJACKINGS OR MURDER.

OTHERS ARE PHYSICAL THREATS.

OTHER PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WORRIED ABOUT BEING SUBJECT TO UNFAIR AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

THAT IS ALL PART OF THE MIX , WE WROTE THIS WEEK HOW THE CONSENT DECREE ONLY 3% FULLY IN FULL COMPLIANCE FOUR YEARS AFTER ISSUE THAT PLAYS A ROLE.

>> THE MAYOR KEEPS SAYING IT IS 80%, YOU'RE WRONG.

>> DISPUTING THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION WHICH MAKES IT TOUGH TO GET YOUR HANDS AROUND.

>> DAN MIHALOPOULOS, POLLING THINGS LIKE A NEW POLL COMES OUT ALREADY DAY.

SUMMER FROM THE CAMPAIGNS, MAYBE MAKING THEIR CANDIDATES LOOK MORE STRONG THAN THEY ARE IT DOES SEEM LIKE CONSENSUS TOP TIER OF VALLAS, CHUY GARCIA, LIGHTFOOT, BRANDON JOHNSON, WILLIE WILSON.

DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE?

>> THE ONLY ONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IS BY WBEZ, NBC 5 CHICAGO AND THE SUN TIMES.

ALL OF THE POLLS, CONSENSUS IS YES, TOP TIER.

REMIND EVERYONE, 50% PLUS ONE.

DOES NOT >> ANYONE IS ANYWHERE NEAR REACHING THAT THRESHOLD OR SURPASSING IT IN ANY OF THE POLLS.

ANYONE OF FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE, ANY TWO OF FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE COULD BE IN THE RUNOFF IN APRIL.

THE SETTING FOR THE MAYOR, ALL THE HEAD-TO-HEAD S DID NOT LOOK GOOD FOR HER.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN.

DIFFERENT ONES GO OUT THERE, AND THREE POLLSTERS, THE RUN BY MATT GORSKIE ASKED A DIFFERENT QUESTION IN SURVEY RELEASED LAST NIGHT.

WHO WOULD YOU NEVER VOTE FOR?

THE BAD NEWS FOR MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS 61% OF LIKELY CHICAGO VOTERS SAID THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR HER.

>> THAT TRACKS BECAUSE THAT UP AND DOWN, PEOPLE DECIDED NOT LIGHTFOOT BUT NOT SURE WHO.

>> JOHNSON, 41%, NEVER VOTE.

VALLAS AND CHUY GARCIA, 86% EACH.

>> I WOULD NEVER DISPARAGE WBEZ POLL, WHICH IS A GOOD POLL.

WE DON'T HAVE ONE BUT A LOT OF GARBAGE POLLING TOO.

YOU HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF.

ONE OF THE THINGS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID FROM THE BEGINNING IS POLLS DO NOT SIMULATE CHOICE IN REFERENDUM.

YOU MIGHT FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT A CERTAIN CANDIDATE.

WHEN YOU'RE THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, IT STARTS TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

I'M NOT AS NEGATIVE ON HER RE-ELECTION.

SHE UNQUESTIONABLY HAS CHALLENGES.

POLL 61% SAY NEVER, I DON'T BUY THAT.

>> THE FACT SO MANY UNDECIDED LOW TURNOUT ELECTION.

WERE TO THE UNDECIDED S BREAK AT THE END OF THE DAY?

YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE GO WITH THE PERSON WE KNOW EVEN THOUGH NOT TOTALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.

GREGORY PRATT, FOLKS NOT TOTALLY HAPPY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE DAVID BROWN.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT WOULD KEEP HIM AROUND.

ALTHOUGH, NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IF HE GETS TO THE AGE OF RETIREMENT, 63, HE MIGHT BE PUSHED OUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS, HE WILL LEAVE NEXT TERM?

>> THEY ARE VERY GOOD.

HE IS IN THE FINAL COUNTDOWN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WHETHER HE GETS FIRED OR LEAVES, THE MAYOR DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, SUPPORT HIM.

HE IS ON THE WAY OUT WHETHER NOW OR SIX MONTHS.

MORE INTERESTING WILL BE , CAN WE RECRUIT SOMEBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE?

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, -- >> A LOT CANDIDATES WANT TO RECRUIT SOMEONE FROM THE INSIDE.

I THINK THAT IS TRUE FOR THE MAYOR TOO.

TALKING ABOUT FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS RISEN UP IN RECENT YEARS.

ATHENA CAHILL COULD BE POTENTIAL SUPERINTENDENT.

THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE BROWN IS A LAME-DUCK.

WHATEVER YOU THINK OF HIS SERVICE, SOMEONE NEW COMING IN AT SOME POINT RELATIVELY SOON.

>> GET TO SOME OF THE OTHER NEWS, ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD APPROVES BALLY CHICAGO CASINO.

40 YEAR PROPERTY TAXES WAIT AT THE BEARS BENTON HEIGHTS SITE.

OFFICIALS TIED TO THE BRIBERY CASE.

MIKE FLANNERY, WHEN DO WE SEE MOVING VANS FULL OF SLOT MACHINES AND CARD TABLES PULL OUTSIDE THE DINAH TEMPLE AND GETTING THE CASINO UP AND RUNNING?

>> I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE NOW THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN THAT PERMIT.

THE ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD, THE FINAL HURDLE .

>> THEY NEED A GAMING LICENSE.

THEY HAVE NOT GOT.

THIS IS THE PERMISSION TO OPERATE A CASINO AT THE MADONNA TEMPLE.

>> IF THEY WERE GOING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE GRANTED SO QUICKLY.

THIS IS RELATIVELY -- I THINK THERE COULD BE THIS TEMPORARY LOCATION COULD BE UP AND RUNNING NEXT YEAR.

GOOD IDEA IS IT WOULD OPEN THE SUMMER AND GENERATE THOSE RECEIPTS THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HELP SOLVE ITS FINANCIAL CRISIS, DEDICATED FOR THE PENSION FUNDS.

WE HEARD DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FROM DIFFERENT CANDIDATES ABOUT HOW EXACTLY THEY WOULD USE THE MONEY.

IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF.

>> START GENERATING SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC JAMS IN THE RIVER NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> ALREADY A LOT OF TRAFFIC JAMS AROUND THERE.

IT IS A BUSY AREA.

I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS , IT IS A BUSY AREA TO BEGIN WITH , TOURISTIC AREA, THEY NEED THE MONEY.

NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT.

IN THE STATE, WE HAVE GONE STEADILY CLOSER AND CLOSER TO CHICAGO.

ELGIN BENEFITED, ROSEMONT FELL OUT CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.

FINALLY CHICAGO, BEGGING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THEY PULLED IT OFF.

>> THE BEARS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR NEW STADIUM AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

LAWMAKERS SAID HECK NOTE THAT TAX BREAKS ARE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES.

PROPOSAL SURFACES FOR 40 YEAR TAX BREAK OR FREEZE.

WHO KNOWS THE SKINNY ON THIS?

>> THE IDEA IS THIS WITH NOT DIRECTLY SUBSIDIZE THE BEARS BUT IT WOULD SUBSIDIZE THE ENTERTAINMENT VILLAGE THEY WANT TO BUILD AROUND THE STADIUM.

IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING , IT WILL TAKE WHATEVER INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX AND USE THAT TO SUBSIDIZE WHAT THE BEARS ARE DOING.

CAN THEY GET IT THROUGH GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH LUKEWARM REACTION FROM THE GOVERNOR?

EVEN THE STATE LEGISLATOR THAT INTERESTED THEMSELVES, I GUESS WE WILL PUT THIS OUT THERE.

>> IT WILL DEPEND ON WHO BECOMES MAYOR AND HOW AGGRESSIVELY HE OR SHE -- >> ARLINGTON HEIGHTS OR CHICAGO?

>> CHICAGO.

>> HOW THEY TRY TO KEEP THEM?

>> YES .

HOW AGGRESSIVELY THEY BLOCK IT AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY?

>> LORI LIGHTFOOT -- >> KEEPING THE BEARS IN CHICAGO BY BLOCKING SUBSIDIES ALLOWING THEM TO GO ELSEWHERE.

>> YES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BEARS, THE MODEL IS SOFI STADIUM IN CALIFORNIA WHERE TWO NFL TEAMS PLAY.

YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ACREAGE, THE SURROUNDING ACREAGE , THERE IS REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER WHO BECAME SPORTS TEAM MOGUL .

HE IS PUTTING UP STRUCTURES MAKING HIM ADDITIONAL BILLIONS.

THE BEARS HOPE TO TAP INTO THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL AND HELP THE BOTTOM LINE.

MIKE THEY STILL PROCEED?

THEY MIGHT.

>>> BEFORE WE GO, SAD NEWS THIS WEEK, LAWRENCE WAS ALL, HEAD OF SEVEN FEDERATION, NONPARTISAN CIVIC WATCHDOG GROUP PASSED AWAY TRAGICALLY AFTER COMPLICATIONS FROM HEART SURGERY.

EVERYONE OF US ON THE PANEL DEALT WITH LAWRENCE MANY TIMES BECAUSE HE WAS CONSIDERED THE FOREMOST EXPERT, HE WAS THE CONSCIENCE OF PUBLIC FINANCING.

ALWAYS TELLING LAWMAKERS NOT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO USE GIMMICK TO BALANCE YOUR BUDGET.

IT WASN'T JUST THAT, HE WORKED WITH, I GOT CALL FROM ALDER PERSON THIS WEEK, BEFORE I WOULD INTRODUCE ORDINANCE OR IDEA, I WOULD CALL LAWRENCE AND RUN IT BY HIM, HE WOULD SPEND AN HOUR ON THE PHONE RUNNING THROUGH MY IT WAS GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA.

STARTING WITH YOU GREG PRATT, YOUR MEMORY OF HIS IMPACT ON CITY AND STATE.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST PUBLIC FINANCE EXPERT IN CHICAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE EACH RELY ON TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON TO HELP US TRANSLATE THIS ON BEHALF OF THE VIEWERS AND READERS AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

I'M PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM , THE READERS AND THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FROM THEM.

REALLY SAD AND SHOCKING BECAUSE HE WAS 51 YEARS OLD.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE GO LIKE THAT.

WE ARE ALL VERY LUCKY PEOPLE TAKE OUR CALLS AND HELP US BRING THE FACTS TO THE PUBLIC .

>> THE THING ABOUT HIM, PEOPLE COMMENT ABOUT IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA.

HE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA, NOT JUST NUMBERS HERE, BUDGETS RELATE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER FISCALLY, YOU HAVE NO FUTURE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE CORE PROBLEM THAT TOUCHES THE OTHER THINGS WE TALK ABOUT HERE.

ALSO GET CREDIT TO HIM FOR MARSHALING THE STAFF THAT HE HAS.

MY FORMER TRIBUNE COLLIE, LORI, EXCELLENT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, OTHERS WHO WENT DEEP ON THESE BOND DOCUMENTS , WE GO THROUGH AS REPORTERS AS WELL.

THESE GUYS REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

LAURENCE MSALL WOULD EXPLAIN IT TO US .

>> IN TESTIFY AT CITY COUNCIL OR BEFORE THE STATE AND WAIVE THE FINGER, MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS HERE.

DON'T GET THE NEXT GENERATION DEBT THEY CAN NEVER PAY OFF.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, DEDICATED SPEAKING SPOT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING EVERY YEAR FOR THE CITY BUDGET.

I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT, CITY COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SECURE TIES, SALES TAX BONDS, I KNOW THAT SOUNDS BORING.

HE HELPED ME RIGHT AN ARTICLE THAT I MADE SENSE OF IT AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO AND THAT IS WHAT WE LOST.

>> HE HAD A FABULOUS SENSE OF HUMOR.

I MET HIM AND GOT TO KNOW HIM WHEN HE WAS WORKING FOR THE GOVERNOR.

WHEN HE LEFT STATE GOVERNMENT AND CAME BACK UP HERE, I CONGRATULATED HIM ON ESCAPING UNINDICTED.

HE GOT A HUGE KICK OUT OF THAT.

HE WAS A CREDIT TO SAINT IGNATIUS .

>> THAT IS A THING, THE ONE THING HE TALKED ABOUT ME, ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO THE IGGY LOYOLA BASKETBALL GAME?

I DON'T KNOW, YOU WILL BE THERE WITH YOUR MAROON AND YELLOW COLORS, ALL YOUR BUDDIES.

I WAS AT HIS FUNERAL AND EVERYONE EULOGIZED HIM, HE WAS EVERYBODY'S FRIEND, CONSIDERED EVERYONE ON THE STAGE HIS FRIEND.

THAT CHURCH WAS PACKED TO THE RAFTERS OF NOT ONLY DIGNITARIES BUT PEOPLE THAT WERE CRYING AND TOUCHED BY THIS.

THAT IS HOW YOU KNOW YOUR LIFE REALLY IMPACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BOTH WITH WHAT YOU DID AND HOW YOU CONDUCTED IT.

OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS THREE DAUGHTERS AND FAMILY.

WE WILL DEDICATE THE SHOW IN HIS MEMORY TONIGHT.

THAT IS THE SHOW.

THANKS TO GREG PRATT , DAN MIHALOPOULOS, HEATHER CHERONE , MIKE FLANNERY.

THAT IS A SHELDON MAC.

YOU CAN STREAM ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE OR ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>>> CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO RELOCATE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM THE SUBURBS TO ABANDONED BUILDING IN CHICAGO.

DON'T MISS THAT.

FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

>> HE GETS TO COME BACK ?

I DON'T THINK IT WAS VERY CLOSE >> NEVER BEEN A PUNT RETURNER -- ANYONE HAS TO BE HIM.

>> HE COULD BE THE EXCEPTION.

>> GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>> YOUTUBE VIDEO.

BEFORE AND AFTER.

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE MOMENT HE STARTED THE SUPER BOWL BY TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE.

>> WE REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND HOW DEAFENING THE CHEERS AND SCREAMS WERE.

>> HOW IS THE 10:00 TIMESLOT ?

>> I THINK IT IS COMING ALONG.

HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET USED TO.

WE HAVE TO BRING THEM ALONG.

MAY BE IN THEIR JAMMIES .

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