Illinois is very much a “what’s in it for me?” state, and forcing taxpayers to cough up (only?) nine figures of infrastructure spending to grant a valuable private business entity’s real estate wishes won’t benefit lawmakers.
In the grand scheme of the Lake Forest Bears stumbling toward an eventual relocation of their Sunday home from Chicago’s lakefront to a centerpiece of suburban sprawl, there are two biggest bumblers:
The geniuses in the McCaskey family who approved s… [2628 chars]
Source: Shaw Local Enewspapers | Published: 2026-03-18T15:00:00Z
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