Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasts Bears
football team over relocating rumors
Fox News,
by
Paulina Dedaj
Original Article
Posted By: OhioNick,
6/20/2021 3:07:38 AM
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threw some major shade at the Chicago Bears on Friday, just one day after the organization announced it made a bid for land in Arlington Heights with plans to possibly build a new stadium there.
Lightfoot, a self-declared "longtime" fan, issued a statement slamming the announcement as just "noise." [SNIP] "The Bears are locked into a lease at Soldier Field until 2033. In addition, this announcement from the Bears comes in the midst of negotiations for improvements at Soldier Field. This is clearly a negotiating tactic that the Bears have used before," Lighttfoot’s statement read.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Annie Xango 6/20/2021 3:47:21 AM (No. 821044)
dies this little "Elf" ever shut up?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
planetgeo 6/20/2021 4:33:58 AM (No. 821050)
What I want to know is how on Earth did this nut ever get elected as the Mayor of Chicago? Were all the normals in Chicago on lockdown on voting day?
26 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 6/20/2021 4:46:51 AM (No. 821052)
When you little tinpot Commucrat dictators continually bite one of the hands that feeds you, don't you dare act surprised when they bite back.
19 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 6/20/2021 5:42:25 AM (No. 821061)
In the meantime, 19 people were shot yesterday and two died. But, the Bears football team is the priority.
She is worthless.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/6/19/22541289/chicago-weekend-shootings-june-18-21-homicide-crime-gun-violence
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 6/20/2021 6:46:14 AM (No. 821085)
In nature, wherever a Bear goes, its Cubs will follow. Chicago is a total write off.
23 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
sw penn 6/20/2021 7:03:06 AM (No. 821111)
Buuuuuuut,
All major cities are run by democrats?
Which democrat hellhole is going to be better?
Of the top 30 American cities 3 are Republican run.
https://ballotpedia.org/Party_affiliation_of_the_mayors_of_the_100_largest_cities
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#2 - What Groot ran against was even worse than she is.
Another story out of Chicago yesterday is how she is using a total of 56 cops, 3 sergeants and a lieutenant to guard her house full time. This is essentially an entire district watch to guard a house she is rarely ever at. Groot lives high on the hog with her wife in an expensive tower apartment downtown, but demands round the clock protection for her other home.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
hershey 6/20/2021 7:22:36 AM (No. 821130)
Why in the devil would anyone want to stay in Chicago? LIghtfoot is an idiot, the coppers are leaving, shootings are rampant, crime is out of sight.... www.heyjackass.com for latest stats...
6 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Daisymay 6/20/2021 7:36:24 AM (No. 821142)
I think most Fans (as I was for 50 years) come from the Suburbs to see games. It's always a hassle to get to the Stadium, then it's always colder than Billy Hell there because it's right by the Lake! Same with Bulls Games, you always wonder if all of the Wheels on your car will be missing when you go back to it after the game! Black Hawks. Yep. Not only wonder about the car being there, but now crime is so bad in Chicago that I wouldn't go to ANY game if you gave me free tickets. Not worth taking the chance of getting mugged, or worse. No, Lightfoot made Chicago what it is TODAY! She can wallow in the Pig Pen she created. Watch the ticket sales plummet! That said, the Chicago teams have been threatening to move to the Burbs since I still lived there, and I left in 1995! I don't see it happening any time soon!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
AltaD 6/20/2021 9:07:53 AM (No. 821250)
The latest rumor is that when Virginia McCaskey passes away, her family will sell their shares of the team (they currently own 80%). I'd imagine new owners would want a new stadium, one they own rather than lease from the city of Chicago. And with Arlington Park Racetrack closing, the Bears have an opportunity to build a new domed stadium in a SAFE community.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/20/2021 9:48:08 AM (No. 821294)
Mayor Lightfoot presides over a wasteland. What's the cause? Racism! She blames whitey. In a way, she is right because many of them have moved out. How racist of them not wanting to live in a wasteland.
Lightfoot needs to put the blame where it deserves to go: At the desk of the mayor, and all the thugs that are destroying Chicago.
She and many others may not mind living in a wasteland of their own making, but others (including blacks) actually do, and they LEAVE. Nobody likes crime. Nobody likes dwindling property values. Nobody likes high taxes.
The Bears see what's happening, and are making themselves heard. How racially insensitive of them (/s).
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Omen55 6/20/2021 9:51:14 AM (No. 821298)
Bears should announce they are moving due to the city becoming like other dem run cities.
Most people will understand😉
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/20/2021 10:12:48 AM (No. 821332)
You have to negotiate the minefield known as downtown Chicago before attending a game at soldier field and then afterwards hope your car has not been dismantled. Ironically, that is Lightfoot's fault. I wish the Bears the same luck as the rest of the teams in the NFL.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 6/20/2021 10:26:11 AM (No. 821343)
The sports teams know the fans that come to the games don't come from inner city neighborhoods. They come from the suburbs where people who have money to attend game want a nice night out to have some fun. They don't want take their lives into their hands just to attend a sporting event. It's common sense.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
john56 6/20/2021 11:06:44 AM (No. 821386)
Da Bears still stink.
In Chicago or Arlington Heights.
GO PACK GO!
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Krause 6/20/2021 11:17:02 AM (No. 821403)
She probably doesn't even know she's the current cause of businesses and people fleeing Chicago.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 6/20/2021 11:21:59 AM (No. 821408)
Why would ANYONE stay in this dangerous, violent hell hole?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 6/20/2021 2:17:53 PM (No. 821519)
The Bears would be stupid to continue playing in the current stadium.
In fact, they should let the place become a massive homeless shelter, as it has lots of parking spaces, and nearby parks for them to utilize.
The City could use some of those spaces for mobile healthcare to ensure there is adequate healthcare access for those using the shelter.
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