JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND OF YOU.

I'M PARISH UT'S 10 DAYS ON FROM ELECTION DAY.

DOES COOK COUNTY FINALLY?

>> HAVE A WINNER IN THE DEMOCRATIC STATES ATTORNEY'S RACE.

EILEEN O'NEILL, BIRTH DECLARES VICTORY IN THE TIGHTLY CONTESTED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY.

BUT THE CLAYTON HARRIS CAMPAIGN COULD CALL FOR A RECOUNT.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES ON EVICTED MIGRANTS.

>> WE HAVE HOLD OURSELVES A HIGHER STANDARD AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

>> VETERAN OLDER PEOPLE BLAST 25TH WARD ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ FOR SPEAKING BEHIND.

BURN U.S.

FLAG.

BUT MAYOR JOHNSON SUPPORTS KEEPING HIM IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

MAYOR JOHNSON SAYS HE'S OPEN TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT AROUND A POTENTIAL NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM ON THE LAKEFRONT.

BUT FORMER GOVERNOR PAT QUINN SAYS LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY A CHANCE TO VOTE THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER.

AND IN SPORT.

WHITE SOX PICK UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF LAST YEAR WITH SLUGGISH OPENING DAY LOSS AND THE CUBS STARTER JUSTIN STEELE GOES DOWN TO INJURY.

>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL JOINING US, OUR MEDICINES OF A JUROR FROM BLOCK CHICAGO, STEVE DANIELS FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

RIMA, I MEAN, FROM CHALK BEAT CHICAGO AND LEE JEAN GRECKO FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT.

LEE JEAN GRECKO, THE AP CALLS THE RACE IN THE STATE'S ATTORNEY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR EILEEN O'NEILL.

BURKE.

AND WE HAVE WORD THAT CLAYTON HARRIS IS ACCEPTING THE RESULTS.

SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH OVER.

>> YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE ITS OVER LIKE YOU SAID, THIS CAME IN JUST MINUTES BEFORE WE STARTED HERE.

FEELING THAT RIGHT NOW.

LET'S PUT OUT A STORY DID.

JUST QUICK UPDATE ON THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE A RECOUNT HERE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS WERE MULLING OVER THE PAST WEEK OR WHEN IT SEEMED TOO CLOSE TO BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE EILEEN O'NEILL, BURKE WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND PRESUMABLY GIVEN WE'RE IN COOK PROBABLY HAS AN EASY PASS TO STATES TURNING NOW, STEVE DANIELS, IT TOOK 10 DAYS HERE TO SOMETHING IN TO BE REEXAMINED ABOUT HOW THE CITY AND COUNTY ELECTION AUTHORITIES, COUNTIES MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND WHAT STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS.

>> BALLOTS TO COME IN 2 WEEKS LATER, IF THEY'RE POSTMARKED ON ELECTION DAY.

>> WE WE HAD A TORY ALLIES, YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CHANGE NOT A HUGE 2 WEEKS IS MUCH WILL, YOU DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH FOR THIS IS INCREDIBLY LIBERAL AS IT TURNS OUT, ALMOST NO STATE THAT I SAW HAS THAT LOOK THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU YOU COULD HAVE TO WAIT RIGHT THERE CAN FOR POSTMARKED BALLOTS TO BE RETURNED MOST OR WEEKS.

LOT OUR ELECTION DAY, INCLUDING SOME VERY BLUE STATES, VERY LIBERAL STATE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE SQUEAKER CLOSE ELECTIONS AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER.

IT IN OUR OPINION, MOVE EVERYBODY TO CHANGE THIS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER REPLAY OF THIS KIND OF THING.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN ADJUST VOTING HABITS MAIL AND EITHER EITHER EITHER TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE OR, YOU KNOW, GET GET THEIR WEEK BEFORE ELECTION DAY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MERGING THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE CHICAGO RIGHT.

THESE ARE SEPARATE ELECTION BOARD FOR THE COOK COUNTY SUBURBS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE.

ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN DOESN'T WANT TO DO A RECOUNT GIVEN?

>> HOW CLOSE THIS WAS.

>> BECAUSE THE CITY OF CHICAGO ALONE IS A VERY BIG.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PRECINCTS THERE.

AND IN THE, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY.

AND AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT A RECOUNT EXPENSIVE AND IT'S EXPENSIVE.

IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW.

HOW MUCH COULD, THOUGH THAT VOTE COUNT?

REALLY SHIFT.

SO I'M HONESTLY NOT THAT SURPRISED.

I MEAN, I LOVE I LOVE DRAMA AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON.

BUT I THINK I ALSO ALSO JUST SOMETHING TO WHAT STEVE WAS SAYING.

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT COOK COUNTY IN CHICAGO MAY BE MERGING THOSE 2, BUT I THINK THE BETTER ARGUMENT WHEN IT COMES TO MAIL-IN VOTING IS.

>> NOT SHORTEN THE PERIOD OF TIME BUT ACTUALLY FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND I SPOKE WITH EXPERTS ON EARLIER THIS WEEK ASKING WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY DOES THIS SEEM LIKE IT'S TAKING SO LONG?

AND THEY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2020, ESPECIALLY MORE PEOPLE ARE USING MAIL-IN VOTING NOW AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, VERY CREAKY SYSTEMS ACROSS THE U.S. THAT FRANKLY ARE STILL USED TO PEOPLE GOING TO THE POLLS.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US MORE FUNDING AND, YOU KNOW, BETTER TECHNOLOGY HANDLE THIS NEW WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE VOTING WITH SITUATION HERE WHERE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COOK SORRY FOR CITY OF CHICAGO THERE.

THE HEAD OF THIS.

>> NEXT EVER HAD SAID, NICOLE, I I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE WRONG BECAUSE IT IN COUNT THIS UPS, MAN, THAT THEY HAD A BIG RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, DID IS THAT SO SOME KIND OF DISTRUST IN THIS?

I DON'T THINK IT HELPS GIVEN THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF, YOU >> CONSPIRACIES FLYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER LAST BUT I THINK NOW I'M SURE THOSE WILL BE STRANGELY SILENT FROM THOSE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.

YEAH, DID SEEM TO BE CROPPING UP CLAYTON HARRIS GOT MORE OF A IN THOSE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

THOSE SEEM TO HAVE DROPPED OFF I MEAN, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THAT OFFICE?

THAT ALL IMPORTANT OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN HELD BY KIM FOXX FOR 2 TERMS?

I MEAN, THINK IT'S EVEN THOUGH THE RACE IS REALLY CLOSE, I THINK IT REPRESENTS THE KIND PENDULUM IDEOLOGICAL PENDULUM SWING AMONG VOTERS THAT.

THEY WANT THE OFFICE TO MOVE IN A DIRECTION THAT'S REALLY KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM KIM FOXX.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE CANDIDATE REPRESENTS.

AND THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE HOW THEY PROSECUTE THINGS LIKE RETAIL THEFT.

KIM FOXX MADE A POINT.

>> NOT TO CHARGE A FELONY TO THOSE THAT STILL LESS THAN $1000 WORTH OF GOODS.

EVEN THE STATE LAWS, $300.

EILEEN O'NEILL, BURKE SAYS NO.

YOU STILL $300 WORTH OF GOODS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE SLAPPED WITH A FELONY.

YEAH.

THE THING THAT STRUCK YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT AS THIS >> PROCESS KEPT GOING ON.

A LOT OF DISCUSSION FROM PEOPLE ON THE LEFT SAYING THIS IS SO CLOSE.

THIS DOES NOT A TO OVERTURN EVERYTHING KIM FOXX STOOD FOR AND CETERA, ET CETERA.

THE THING ABOUT THAT EILEEN O'NEILL, BURTON RUN OVERTURNING EVERYTHING THAT HIM FOX STOOD FOR FAR FROM IT.

I MEAN, SHE'S SHE TALKED CASH, BAIL PROVISION.

SHE TALKED YESTERDAY AND SHE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING THE RESTART OF JUSTICE FOCUS AS WELL.

I MEAN, MOST OF IT REALLY WAS ABOUT THE THE OPERATIONS OF THE OFFICE, WORST.

DRAMATICALLY SHORT OF A STICK OF OF A PROSECUTORS OF OF JUST REALLY THE FUNCTIONING THE RUNNING OF THE OFFICE.

I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME SOME SHIFTS IN TERMS OF OF EMPHASIS.

LET'S CALL IT.

BUT THERE WAS NO SHE DIDN'T CLAIM A MANDATE RUN A MANDATE OF OVERTURNING ABSOLUTE EVERYTHING THAT CAN FIGHT.

SHE CERTAINLY DID GET A LOT OF DONATIONS FROM REPUBLICANS FROM SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST FOLKS IN COOK COUNTY.

>> THAT KIND OF SIGNALS THAT THERE ARE.

THIS IS THE ROUTE THEY WANT TO GO.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK 2 THINGS SIGNALED OF THE ROUTE FERC IS LIKELY TO GO.

ONE THOSE DONATIONS, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMING FROM MORE EITHER CONSERVATIVE DEMS ARE EVEN SOME REPUBLICAN BUSINESS OWNERS, RESTAURANT OWNERS.

YES, SHE ALSO THE HEAD OF THE FOP, THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE BAXTER AS WELL.

AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT FOLKS WERE LOOKING AT, EVEN THOUGH AS ALL OF YOU THERE WAS A HUGE DEPARTURE FROM KIM FOXX IN TERMS OF WHAT WANTS TO DO WITH THE BUT I THINK SOME FOLKS WERE LOOKING AT.

EILEEN O'NEILL BERKS PAST THERE WAS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL DECISION WHERE PROSECUTED 10 YEAR-OLD BOY THAT WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE HAD A A CONFESSION COERCED FROM HIM BY A POLICE OFFICER.

SO I THINK WHETHER YOU WANT CRACK DOWN ON CRIME AND HAVE MORE OLD YOU KNOW, NINETEEN-NINETIES TOUGH ON CRIME APPROACH AGAIN OR YOU WANT TO GO MORE PROGRESSIVE ROUTE.

I THAT'S WHY YOU SAW MORE THOSE CONSERVATIVE FOLKS BACKING HER.

ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR THING.

I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS INCLUDING ON THE RIGHT WAS ADVOCATING GOLDEN, GOING BACK TO THE I THINK THAT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SO HERE IS PEOPLE ARE READING INTO WHAT THEY OUT OF WHAT SHE STOOD FOR.

BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY HEARD HER SPEAK OR OR SAW HER ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, SHE WAS NOT A SPOUSE SAYING MAYBE IN A LATER DATE.

LET VERY LATER DAYS OF SHE WAS GETTING A LITTLE STRONGER ON ANTI CRIME.

BUT OVERALL, THIS WAS NOT ABOUT ROLLING BACK EVERYTHING.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT MEDICINE SURVEYED.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN CHICAGO NOW MORE THAN 30 CASES.

WHAT'S THE CITY?

>> DOING ABOUT THIS?

>> WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ABOUT 52 COUNCILS, AS ARE SO WELL, MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES ARE BEING FOUND LARGEST MIGRANT SHELTER OF INSTRUCTOR UNTIL SUNDAY.

YES, HAS A HAS HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES OVER THE 6 PLUS MONTHS AND NOW THEY'RE ROLLING OUT NEW GUIDELINES TO TRY TO CURB THIS.

SO FIRST, AFTER INITIAL CASES ARE FOUND, THEY TRIED TO END THE DID SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATE ALL THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN BECAUSE AS A SHELTER WITH FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL-AGE KIDS, KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO CPS SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO DAYCARES.

SO NOW THEY'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO GET A 2 DOSES OF THIS VACCINE.

A SECOND ONE, A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES.

AND THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FAMILIES TO KEEP CHILDREN, AGES ONE TO 5 HOME FROM SCHOOL AND HOME FROM DAYCARE TO TRY TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THOSE WITHIN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY THEY CAN BE SPREAD PRETTY QUICKLY, SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER HAD MENTION IS THAT BREAKTHROUGH CASES OF MEASLES SLEEP WHEN BABY KIDS ONLY HAVE ONE DOSE.

THOSE THOSE CAN HAPPEN KIDS WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN THE AGE OF 5.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOW ENCOURAGING THE SECOND VACCINE, WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY FINGERS CROSSED, GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL OF NOT EVEN JUST IN THE SHELTER, BUT CITYWIDE BECAUSE NOT ALL THE CASES ARE IN THE SHELTER.

THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, NON MIGRANT CHICAGO RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING DOWN WITH THIS ILLNESS.

REMIND YOU COVER CPS.

HOW CONCERNED ARE CPS OFFICIALS ABOUT I THINK THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING THE SITUATION A I THINK LIKE ONE GENERAL CONCERNING THING ALL SCHOOLS OFFICIALS AS ONE.

>> YOUR KID CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL CAN GO TO PRESCHOOL SCHOOL-AGE KIDS 3 OR 4 OR 5 YEARS IT MAKES IT A TOUGH SITUATION FOR THE PARENTS AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME.

I THINK ON TOP OF THE HEALTH CONCERNS, THERE'S THERE'S LIKELY THAT CONCERN AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD.

YOU WANTED JUMP NO, WAS JUST GOING TO THAT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CONTINUITY OF CARE, ESPECIALLY AS KIDS, AT LEAST AS MIGRANT SHELTERS.

THEY MIGHT BE HAVING TO TRANSFER SCHOOLS AS AS THEY LEAVE OR THEY FIND NEW LIVING SO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN ADDED COMPLICATION THERE.

ALL RIGHT, TO SOME COMPLICATIONS HERE IN CITY COUNCIL WITH ALDERMAN BYRON LOPEZ, WHO SPOKE AT A GAZA IN FRONT OF A BURNED THE AMERICAN FLAG.

NOW SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES WANT.

>> SOME KIND OF PUNISHMENT.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THEY?

WHAT KIND OF RECOURSE IF THEY WANT FOR FOR THERE?

>> COLLEAGUES.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ASKING TO CENTER BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ HEAD OF THE HOUSING SO WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THIS SEEMS A LITTLE HARSH.

AT LEAST IN MY OPINION FOR WHAT AND MADISON, I THINK TO WHAT YOU WERE THOSE 11 COUNCILMAN KIMBERLY AGREE ON WHAT THIS PUNISHMENT IS FOR?

EXACTLY.

WELL, HE SAYS THAT WASN'T THERE WHEN THE FLAG WAS BURNED.

CLAY, THERE'S SOME PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGES THAT.

>> THERE IS A BURNED AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT DOES HE DESERVE A SOME SCRUTINY OR AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL?

I DO THINK THAT.

>> CENSURING MADE MAYBE A MAYBE A WASTE OF TIME.

TO BE YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY SAID HE'S NOT GOING TO MOVE IN FROM HIS LEADERSHIP POST, RIGHT?

WE WENT THROUGH A CENTERING VOTE WITH OUR CARL'S FROM REAR IS ROW.

SO BACK IN THE FALL >> AND YOU KNOW, THE CITY CITY COUNCIL TO KIND OF A FRONT PLACE THESE DAYS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT SORT OF FACTIONS THAT ARE THAT THAT ARE LINING UP.

YOU'VE GOT PROGRESSES AND THEN YOU'VE GOT.

I KNOW WHICH ONE TO CALM THE REGULAR BUT THEY'RE BUT THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION BLOC AND THIS JUST ADDS TO THAT.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF THAT AS IT STANDS ON ACTUAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE CITY HAS A FASCINATING TO SEE HOW THIS IDEOLOGICAL INVOLVING.

>> REMIND MEAN, LET'S TURN TO SO WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION.

>> WE HAD A MAYORAL ELECTION, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO.

FOLKS ARE CIRCULATING PETITIONS FOR YET ANOTHER ELECTION.

THIS IS FOR THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

>> FOLKS GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS.

>> WE THIS IS CHICAGO'S FIRST EVER ELECTED SCHOOL AND YET THIS WEEK PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES COULD START COLLECTING SIGNATURES 1000 SIGNATURES ON THERE THAT OUT THERE TO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING TO YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS GOING TO BE DIVIDED INTO 10 DISTRICTS.

AND SO DO PEOPLE EVEN KNOW TO CONSTITUENTS KNOW WHAT DISTRICT IRAN IS THERE ENOUGH EDUCATION OUT THERE ON I I'M ONLY LEARNING MIGHT ACTUALLY ALREADY FORGOTTEN WHICH DISTRICT TIME SO MANY ITERATIONS.

AND YES, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE 21 ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

SO THE MAYOR IS STILL GOING TO 0.11 >> 10 ARE GOING TO RUN.

BUT THEN THE MAYOR'S EVENTS, I'M SORRY.

THEN IT'S EVEN I'M STILL CONFUSED.

EVENTUALLY THAT WILL ALL BE ELECTED.

YES, 2020 SO MAKING SENSE OF THAT.

IF YOU'RE THE AVERAGE CHICAGO.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD.

AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT ABOUT EDUCATION AND SEEING WHAT, FOLKS, WHAT WHAT THE YOU BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS DOING TO DO THAT AND WHAT MAY BE.

ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE'S GOING NEED TO BE A LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING TO OF LIKE WHO'S KIND OF PUMPING MONEY INTO THESE ELECTIONS AND WHO'S RUNNING CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORTING SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.

BUT THE VERY FIRST UP STARTED THIS WEEK, WHICH WAS IF YOU WANT AROUND, YOU CAN START COLLECTING YOUR 1000 SIGNATURES AND YOU HAVE UNTIL JUNE GOING COME DOWN TO.

>> THE TEACHERS UNION VERSUS OTHER SPECIAL INTERESTS.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THIS, WHICH ALDERMAN GO VILLEGAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WAS THIS 1000 SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT HERE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE FOOT SOLDIERS TO ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE OUT THERE.

SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WILL BE ABLE GET THEIR CANDIDATES OUT THERE.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT HANDWRITING.

THIS LAW.

YES, AND CONFUSINGLY.

AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT EPISODE OF NEVADA WHERE THE 2 SIDES YES, THANK YOU.

HAVE TO KILL ME.

AND I WELL, BASICALLY YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST THE SEAT HE WANTED A FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MORE OF THE WILL WILL SAY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS WANTED HYBRID MODEL AND THEN THAT FLIPPED.

AND BECAUSE HE TOO GOT THEIR GUY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE LAKERS GOT THE POWER TO PICK THE MEMBERS.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GIVE THAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, MAYBE NOT IN THIS ELECTION, BUT >> WHEN WE GET TO THE FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD FOR 4 ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN THE SEA TO YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS, TOO.

>> I ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE ISSUES FROM SEA TO YOU AND THE QUESTION I'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS EMERGE YET, WHETHER THOSE SORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY OR ARE TRYING TO GET INVOLVED AND GET PEOPLE WAS TO RUN.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY INTERESTING ABOUT NOVEMBER.

I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.

THE ILLINOIS, NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS HAS ALL NEARLY 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING IN THEIR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.

AND >> I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS KIND OF JUMPING IN AND TRYING TO GET THEIR CANDIDATES INTO OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT.

RIMA ALSO THE CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD HAS DECIDED THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM STUDENT BASED BUDGETING, HOW THEY'RE ALLOCATING MONEY TO SCHOOLS TOWARD NEED A BASE BUDGET.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THE ON A SCHOOL LEVEL?

>> YES, SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, SCHOOLS ARE BASICALLY FUNDED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN A SCHOOL MIGHT GET MORE FUNDING IF THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS WITH HIGH NEEDS, IF IF YOU'RE SERVING A LOT OF KIDS WITH DISABILITIES STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THE BASE OF THIS FORMULA IS BASED ON HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN A BUILDING.

THE DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE MOVING COMPLETELY AWAY FROM STUDENT-BASED WHICH WAS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE FROM MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, WHO STILL CONTROLS A SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS A NEW FORMULA, WHICH WILL GIVE EVERY SCHOOL A BASE LEVEL OF RESOURCES YOUR PRINCIPAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS.

BUT THEN EACH SCHOOL WILL GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BASED ON THEIR NEEDS.

SO SOMETHING CALLED THEY'RE CALLING THE OPPORTUNITY WHICH TAKES A LOT OF THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THOUGH HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT BUT THE DISTRICT IS SAYING THAT THIS IS THEY BELIEVE THIS IS A MUCH BETTER WAY ADDRESS ADDRESS NEEDS ADDRESS IT.

YOU KNOW, RECENT ENROLLMENT DECLINES THAT WE'VE SEEN MAYBE A MORE EQUITABLE WAY TO DISTRIBUTE.

DOES THAT MEAN IF YOU'RE A SCHOOL IN AN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> YOU MIGHT LOSE SOME FUNDING AT YOUR SCHOOL.

YEAH, IT WAS.

OTHER THING, TOO, IS THAT WE NEED SEE TO CONTRACT TO BE NEGOTIATED.

>> THE THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS OF THE BUDGET COMING UP THAT THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT STATE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE.

WE DON'T DOES A FUNDING THAT'S THAT'S IMPENDING FIRST.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER JUST CREATES MASSIVE UNCERTAINTY.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE GOING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR THESE SCHOOLS?

BECAUSE I SOME EXPERIENCE MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER WITH.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A HUNGER GAMES THING THAT WOULD GO ON WITH THE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO COME IN SO THAT THEY COULD GET MORE MONEY FOR THE FOR THE BUDGET.

SO THERE'S ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE ON EITHER SIDE OF BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS JUST CREATES EVEN MORE UNCERTAINTY.

ALL RIGHT.

SOME UNCERTAINTY, STEVE, FOR THE BALLY'S CASINO.

THE COMPANY'S BONDS HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED.

>> IS COLD WATER ON THEIR PLANS TO BUILD THAT PERMANENT CASINO ON THE SIDE OF.

>> WHERE ARE YOUR PAPERS LAW?

THAT'S NOT GOOD.

IS IT?

I SO NOTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN OF LATE ABOUT BALLY'S ITS FINANCIAL HEALTH.

>> THE THE STATE OF THAT HAS BEEN GOOD.

NONE OF IT HAS BEEN.

IT'S ALL BEEN TRENDING IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

THERE IS THERE ARE REALLY HUGE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY GOING TO BE BUILT ON THAT SITE.

IF ANYTHING EVEN GETS BUILT ON THAT SITE.

AND CERTAINLY TRIBUTE ON THAT ON SPOKE ABOUT.

ARE WORRIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF LOW RENT CASINO.

END UP ON THAT SITE THAT ESSENTIALLY A SLOT SHED, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYBODY IS GOING ANY GOOD SECOND RAISE THE KIND OF REVENUE THE CITY WANTS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE POTENTIALLY DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON THE CITY.

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN.

BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CONCERN.

LEE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VALLEYS?

YES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON STEVE SAID AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING LIKE YOU SAID, MOODY'S, THEY DOWNGRADED THEIR SOME OF THE S AND P AS SO THAT'S FOR VALLEY IS NOT JUST THE CASINO IN CHICAGO, BUT VALLEYS ON THE ENTIRE COMPANY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE THAT THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BUILD A CASINO IN CHICAGO ON TIME.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO OPEN IN FALL OF 2026.

SAME THING THE STADIUM THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED IN LAS VEGAS.

THE COMPANY SAID AFTER THIS KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF OUR PLANS.

BUT VERY SKEPTICAL BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, STEVE, THEY'RE NOT DOING THE TEMPORARY IN THE MEDINA TEMPLE HAS NOT BEEN HITTING MARKS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO GET OUT OF IT PER HIS BUDGET.

SO BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, I I JUST DON'T REALLY SEE THIS GOING WELL, ALRIGHT, MADISON, ONLY BROUGHT UP FORMER GOVERNOR PAT QUINN THIS WEEK SAID, >> HEY, YOU WANT TO GET TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A FOOTBALL STADIUM.

WHAT THE TAXPAYERS VOTE ON WHY NOT?

>> NOW, I MEAN, I I PERSONALLY THINK IN FAVOR OF AND THAT SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T COVER SPORTS OR HAVE REALLY A STAKE IN CHICAGO SPORTS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, A TAXPAYER AND HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE NOW GETTING SOME MOMENTUM ON THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING, A NON BINDING REFERENDUM SLICK, NOT NECESSARILY HAVE CONCRETE IMPACT, BUT I BELIEVE SHE ALSO CITED A POLL THAT SAID LIKE A MAJORITY OF OF POLL TAKER SAID THEY WOULD OPPOSE TAXPAYER MONEY GOING TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I TAKE IT THAT YOU KNOW, SIGNALS AT LEAST HE SEES TAXPAYERS AS COMING OUT AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD WHAT IMPACT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S THE SKEPTIC IN ME.

IT'S LIKE OF THE SPORTS TEAMS WON A STADIUM AND THEY WANT THE MONEY IN LAWMAKERS ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEN REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER CERTAINLY HAS BEEN THE HISTORY HERE.

BUT MAYOR JOHNSON SAID HE'S OPEN TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO BUILD UP THE AREA AROUND THE STADIUM.

WHERE EXACTLY WOULD THAT BE?

THEY'RE GOING ON THE LAKE FRONT, WHICH IS PROTECTED.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, THE THE LAKEFRONT IS REALLY DIFFICULT SITE TO DO TO DO THIS FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

LEGAL QUESTIONS AROUND IT.

YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS AFFECTING MUSEUM CAMPUS.

THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION.

AND YES, THE HOW HOW DOES IT PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT AREA?

IF AT WE'RE EARLY YOU KNOW, THE BEARS HAVE THEIR OWN POLL THAT SHOWED PEOPLE SUPPORTING TAXPAYER MONEY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE WAS SORT OF A GRAIN OF SALT BUT AT THE AT THE END OF THE >> THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MAYOR AND ALSO GOVERNOR PRITZKER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED STATE HELP AS WELL.

AND THE BEARS, YOU KNOW, DECIDING IF THIS IS THE WAY TO GO OR NOT, I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY IT AND THAT DOWN THE LINE.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANYONE EVER ACTUALLY SEEN PLANS FOR THIS PROPOSED STADIUM TALKING ABOUT IT FOR.

BUT I DON'T THINK THE BEARS ARE.

>> BASED ON ANY LIKE THE RENDERINGS OF LIKE WHITE SOX MAY BE GOING TO THE YEAH.

YEAH.

I THINK THE BEARS HAVE JUST BEEN A LITTLE BEHIND THE 8 BALL COMPARED TO THE SOX IN THIS ENTIRE ENDEAVOR LEAST.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAD JERRY GOING OVER TO A SPRINGFIELD TO MAKE HIS CASE.

WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN >> THAT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.

GOOD SPORTS ANALOGY HERE.

OFFENSIVE LINE ARE SOME LANE HERE'S BEN.

WE ROUND GAME.

LEGISLATORS AND KEVIN WARNING THAT THE BEARS BEEN MOVING.

THE MAYOR RIGHT?

SO.

>> SO THERE'S THERE'S THEY'RE WORKING SORT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES ON THIS AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE IN ORDER TO GET ANYTHING.

THEY'RE ALL HOPING THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND FOR EVERYBODY.

MEANWHILE, THE CITY HAS ALL KINDS OF OTHER NEEDS.

>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME RIGHT NOW, THANKS TO MEDICINE SURVEYED RECEIVE DANIELS RIMA MEAN AND LEGION GRECO.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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DID ANYONE WATCH OPENING DAY?

>> ALL THIS EXCITEMENT HERE FOR BOTH THE NORTHSIDE AND SOUTHSIDE ONE.

NOTHING.

>> THE OTHER WHITE SOX.

ARE THEY GOING TO SCORE A RUN THIS YEAR?

THAT'S YOU'VE GOT THE OVER THE OTHER ON THAT'S ALL WANT TO GO AND GET ONE OF THOSE NICE DOGS AT US CELLULAR JASON BENETTI CALLING GAMES FOR DETROIT IS BACK IN CHICAGO IS THE USAGES.

SUCH A GREAT.

>> BROADCASTER LOST.

THINK THE BEST SPORTS ARE RIGHT NOW AS THE FIGHTING ALLY COMFORT ABOUT OH, MY GOSH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AISLE SO >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD TO BE A MULTI-LINGUAL LAW FIRM