GOOD EVENING AND WE WILL UP TO
THE WEEK IN REVIEW.
MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL'S LEAD OVER
CHUY GARCIA IS GROWING WITH LESS
THAN THREE WEEKS TO THE RUNOFF
ELECTION.
EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO IS RIGHT OUR FINANCIAL SHIP.
WE ARE IN THE WHERE WE WERE FOUR
YEARS AGO BUT WE ARE NOT DONE.
WHAT WE LACK IS TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNT BILLION, WE HAVE HAD
BROKEN PROMISES AND MISGAIDED
PRIORITIES.
RAHM EMANUEL ACCUSES HIS
CHALLENGER OF LACKING A CITY
FINANCIAL PLAN.
DPARSIA CALLS OUT THE MAYOR FOR
SERVING ONLY THE RICH.
AND LATCHES HIS FIRST RUN
INVOLVE TV AD.
THE MAYOR WANTS TO KEEP CONTROL
OF THE SCHOOLS, I WILL GIVE
CONTROL OF YOUR SCHOOLS BACK TO
YOU.
FROM THE INAS A GRAM SENSATION
TO THE TAR OF AN ETHICS PROBE,
SHOCK SHK RESIGNS UNDER SBEENS
SCRUTINY.
A RECORD SELLING PRICE FOR THE
WILL IS TOWER.
SERVICE CUTS AND FARE HIKES
IMPACTING CTA AND PACE UNDER
GOVERNOR RAUNER'S PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, A
HEALTHY TRANSIT SYSTEM CREATES
JOBS YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE ON
CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY TO
GET PEOPLE TO JOBS AND SCHOOL,
AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT
YOU HARM THE CHECK GROWTH.
AND IN SPORTS... THE BULLS
FINDING WAYS TO WIN DESPITE
MULTIPLE INJURIES TO STAR
PLAYERS.
JOINING US IS GREEZ GREEZ FROM
REUTERS AND AMANDA VINICKY FROM
"CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND CHARLES
THOMAS OF ABC-7 NEWS AND DAN
McGRATH OF THE CHICAGO
"SUN-TIMES".
THE DEBATES, GARCIA ATTACKED
RAHM EMANUEL'S DECISION TO CLOSE
50 SCHOOLS AND A SERVICE
EMPLOYEES UNION IS THROWING
BODIES AND CASH BEHIND GARCIA.
CHARLES THOMAS, DO YOU BELIEVE
THE POLLS THAT SHOW RAHM EMANUEL
WHAT WA DOUBLE DIGITAL IT LEAD.
>> NOT FOR A MINUTE AND I DON'T
THINK THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN
BELIEVES THAT EITHER.
THE NUMBERS WERE WAY OFF IN
FEBRUARY.
THE MAYOR THOUGHT HE HAD IT WON,
HE THOUGHT HE HAD 53% OF THE
VOTE AND HE ENDED UP WITH 45%,
AND GARCIA IN THE HIGH 20s AND
HE ENDED UP IN THE MID30s.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL
BE WON WITH SOPHISTICATED POLLS,
IT WILL BE WON ON THE GROUND.
THIS IS A KNIFE FIGHT.
RAHM EMANUEL MIGHT HAVE A
BAZOOKA AND STEALTH FIGHTERS
WITH HIS MONEY, AND HIS CAMPAIGN
APPARATUS BUT HE WILL HAVE TO
WIN IT ON THE DROWNED.
WHEN THE UNION PEOPLE HIT THE
STREET DURING EARLY VOTING, CAN
THE MAYOR MATCH THAT?
PARTICULARLY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> DAN, DID YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
ADS WILL ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE
PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE?
>> I THINK IT MIGHT HELP WITH
CHUY'S NAME RECOGNITION.
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST GAP, THE
RUNOFF TACK PLACE, AND NOW IN
THE FOLLOWUP.
PEOPLE WEREN'T THAT FAMILIAR
WITH CHUY.
BUT THE ADS WILL THEM THEM WITH
THE THE NAME GETTING BETTER
KNOWN, I AM SURPRISED HE HUNG
THIS LONG.
THE RUN INVOLVE RESULT WAS
AWAKEUP CALL, AND THE LONGER
DPARSIA HANGS IN THERE IT
BECOMES LIKE A GAME 7.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
DO YOU THINK GARCIA IS
QUALIFIED, AND THE RONNIE SAY
THAT IS THE IMPLICATION IN RAHM
EMANUEL'S ADS IS HEY YOU ARE
DEALING WITH A GUY WHO HAS IN
PLAN.
THEREFORE HE IS NOT QUALIFIED.
>> HE HAD ONE GREAT CHANCE TO
SAY HE DIAGNOSIS HAVE PLANS AND
HE BLEW IT.
HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HIS
FINANCIAL PLAN, HE SAID HE WOULD
FORM A TASK FORCE TO A BLUE
RIBBON COMMUNITY, THAT WAS A
REAL DEFLATEOR AND AT THE SAME
TIME RAHM EMANUEL POSTED ON HIS
CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, AT LEAST THE
OUTLINE OF A PLAN AND SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES.
THE BIG NUMBER HANGING OVER THIS
ELECTION IS $550 MILLION PENSION
PAYMENT THAT HAS TO BEGIN EARLY
NEXT YEAR AND NEITHER ONE IS
ARTICULATEED ANY REAL PLAN ON
HOW TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
THAT IS THE BIG NUMBER, 50
SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER ONE, AND OF
COURSE ALL THE SHOOTINGS IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS,.
WHAT ABOUT RED LIGHTS.
THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE, TOO.
>> IN A BIG WAY.
HUGE WAY.
>> KNIFE FIGHT ISSUES.
BACK TO THE PLAN HE HAD.
A LOT OF IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS
ROOTED IN SPRINGFIELD.
>> GREAT AT GETTING THINGS DONE,
RIGHT?
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ABOUT ALL
THE STATE'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS
THEY WILL HELP CHICAGO TO THE
EXCLUSION OF OTHER PEOPLE AND
THEIR OWN BUDGET, AND GIVE RAHM
EMANUEL WHAT HE NEEDS?
>> RAHM EMANUEL FIRST OF ALL
DOES HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CHICAGO
LEGISLATOR WHO'S HAVE HIS BACK.
HE'S THE MAYOR.
THEY WILL PROTECT HIM AND DO
WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY.
THEY OUTNUMBER THE DOWNSTATERS.
AND HE HAS THAT.
AND HE AND THE GOVERNOR TRY AS
THEY MIGHT, PRETENDS TO NOT KNOW
EACH OTHER ALL THAT WELL, THIS
ELECTION TIME, THEY ARE REALLY
GOOD BUDS AND WITHIN MAY VERY
WELL EXPECT THE GOVERNOR TO COME
TO THE RESCUE A LITTLE BIT, FOR
THE MAYOR, THAT SAID, WHEN YOU
HAVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS,
STATE LJ SLITTORS THAT ARE
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN FOR
PREVIOUS PENSION VOTES AND NOW
ASKED TO GO IN AND SLOW DOWN
CHICAGO MAKING THE PENSION
PAYMENTS, THAT IS WHERE WE GOT
INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> DID YOU THINK RAUNER WOULD
JEOPARDIZE HIS FIRSTAL
REPUTATION, TO HELP OUT HIS OLD
FRIEND?
>> I COULD SEE SOME CAHOOTS AT
SOME POINT, FOR SURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL RISK HIS
REPUTATION, CHUY GARCIA WAS
QUALIFIED.
HE HAS BEEN IN STATE GOVERNMENT,
CITY GOVERNMENT, AND COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.
RAHM EMANUEL HAD NEVER BEEN
ANYWHERE NEAR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
WHEN HE BECAME MAYOR AND WE HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT RICHARD M.DALEY
WHO RAHM EMANUEL SAID WRECKED
CITY GOVERNMENT, SO I MEAN... SO
SOMEHOW THE FACT THAT HE
COULDN'T RUN THIS GOVERNMENT?
A LOT OF THESE ADS ARE.
>> CHAFRLS WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT
HIM?
HE KNEW THERE WAS ONE ISSUE, THE
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, WE HAD WEEKS
TO PREPARE.
AND HE COMES OUT AND SAYS I GOT
NOTHING FOR PUT UP THE MAYOR'S
PEOPLE, I WILL TELL YOU TODAY
DID A BETTER JOB OF SPINNING
THAT WHOLE ISSUE THAN GARCIA'S
PEOPLE.
KNEE BLEW IT ON THAT.
BUT THE MAYOR DOESN'T HAVE A
PLAN, AND ALL THAT HAVE OR NOT
OF THAT IS PREDICATED ON WHAT
HAPPENS IN SPRINGFIELD.
AND THEY CAN'T DECIDE WHAT DAY
OF THE WEEK IT IS.
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WATCHED THE
DEBATE, HOW DO YOU THINK GARCIA
ACQUITTED HIMSELF IN THAT?
>> HE BLEW IT ON THAT ISSUE.
HE COULD HAVE SAID THE SAME
THING, THAT RAHM EMANUEL SAID,
HAD THE SAME ANSWER, AND IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN A PUSH AS THEY
CALL IT, AND EVERYTHING IS FINE.
BUT HE DISTRIBUTE AND HE DID
THIS BUSINESS, THIS BRUCE RAUNER
ROUTINE, I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I
GET THERE.
WILLIE WILSON SAID THAT DURING
THE FIRST ROUND.
AND THAT IS NOT PLAYING VERY
WELL.
>> HE IS TRYING TO SAY, SHADY
NUMBERS, IMPLYING YOU CAN'T
TELL...
>> YOU DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION.
GIVE US A CONCRETE EXAMPLE.
I THINK THAT ALL THIS IS NOT
REALLY HELPFUL.
>> IF I LIVE IN A CRIME RIDDEN
BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HAVE
JUST GOTTEN TONS OF RED LIGHT
TICKETS, AM I GOING TO WORRY
ABOUT VOTING FOR RAHM BECAUSE HE
SUPPOSEDLY HAS ANSWERS OR MIGHTY
WANT TO CHANGE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION?
>> I DON'T THINK RAHM HAS A SHOT
AT THOSE FOLKS.
CAN THEY GET THE VOTE OUT FOR
CHUY?
HE HAS NOT PROVEN HE WINS THAT
VOTE EITHER?
THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT...
>> THE BIG QUESTION SEEMS TO ME,
WILL YOU REALLY HAVE A BLACK
HISPANIC ALLIANCE AS YOU DID
WHEN MAYOR WASHINGTON GOT
ELECTED.
THE LATINO END OF THAT ALLIANCE
WAS A LOT LESS, THEN, THAN IT IS
NOW.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TOITY THAT
CHUY GARCIA HAS TO GET THE
LATINO VOTE.
FOR HIM TO WIN.
>> I COVER HAROLD WASHINGTON'S
MAYORAL RUN AT THE TIME, THAT
WAS A MECHLT.
AND CHUY HAS YET TO SHOW THIS IS
A REAL MOVEMENT IN THE MISS
PANIC COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE ON THE STREETS MORE THAN
I AM, CHARLES.
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I HAS TO BE A MOVEMENT FOR HIM
TO WIN.
>> IT HAS TO DO WITH TURNOUT.
MOVEMENTS GENERAL RATE A LOT OF
TURNOUT.
DO YOU SEE ANY INDICATION THAT
TURNOUT WILL BE GREAT THIS TIME.
>> AS SOON AS THE WEATHER HEATED
UP THERE WERE A A BUNCH OF
SHOOTINGS, THAT ISSUE IS NOT
GOING AWAY.
THE DEBATE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND
CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE ISSUE OF
PUBLIC AND CHARTER CAME UP IN
THE DEBATE.
AND THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
THERE ARE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT
I THINK WILL BE A FACTOR IN A
TURNOUT.
AND LATER TODAY, EARLIER TODAY,
THE SCIU BEGAN TO AIR A NEGATIVE
AD ON RAHM, POINTING OUT THE
THINGS...
>> NEGATIVE ADS.
VERY WELL DONE.
AND I THAT I THAT WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT.
WHAT REPETITION RATE CAN IT RUN
AT.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH FREE COVERAGE
OF THE AD IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT
MUCH.
>> IT IS CLEAN.
A SHOT OF THE CITY SHOWING ALL
THE DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPERS AND
CUTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PT
POLICE ON THE STREET.
>> HIS ADS WERE BETTER AND
WOULDN'T LET UP ON IT.
THE COMPTROLLER IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CEMETERY, HOW MANY
PEOPLE...
>> THE BIG QUESTION AND A LOT OF
VOTERS' MINDS IF I VOTE FOR ONE
OR THE OTHER WILL CHANGE THE
FACT AS TO WHETHER I WILL GET A
REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASE.
>> WHAT WILL COME OUT TO THE
POLLS PERIOD, WILL CHUY BE ABLE
TO REF UP THE VOTE, AND THAT IS
HARD TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
PLAN.
>> HOW ABOUT EUPHEMISMS, RAHM
EMANUEL CALLS FOR REFORM OF THE
SALES TAX.
WHICH MEANS MORE SPENDING.
REFORM OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.
KERRY AUSTIN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN IS THE ONLY
PERSON WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH
HERE.
SHE SAYS THERE WILL BE A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, AND THE
ONLY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH.
>> WE HAVE TO GO ON TO OTHER
POLITICS.
IN THE POLITICAL NOTE BACK,
QUESTIONABLE SPENDING ON A
LAVISH LIFESTYLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
LEAD TO CONGRESSMAN AARON
SCHOCK'S RESIGNATION.
WILL A CRIMINAL INDICT FOLLOW.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN RAY LAHOOD
FAVORED TO REPLACE HIM.
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA CASUALLY
COMMENTS THAT HE HOPES HIS
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY LANDS IN
CHICAGO.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF AARON
SCHOCK?
WHAT TO THE PEOPLE IN
SPRINGFIELD MAKE OF IT?
>> AN INCREDIBLE FALL FROM
GRACE.
HE HAD AN HISTORIC RISE, HE WAS
18 WHEN HE WAS ON THE SCHOOL
BOARD, THE YOUNGEST LEGISLATOR
ELECTSED TO ILLINOIS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND IT IS INCREDIBLE,
HE CLEARLY HAS AMBITION AND HE
WAS SMART.
BUT HE WORKED HARD.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THAT IS
TELLING, HE DOESN'T GIVE UP, YOU
HAVE TO WONDER WHAT WILL COME
NEXT.
ALL THAT WAS DROPPED ON HIM SO
FAR, YOU THINK HE EVENTUALLY
WILL HAVE HIRED A BOOKKEEPER AND
SAID I'M SORRY, I WAS HAVING TOO
MUCH FUN, I WILL GET THIS TAKEN
CARE OF.
>> WHAT ABOUT SOME FRAUD
ELEMENTS, HE PUTS IN FOR...
>> HOW DIAGNOSIS THAT HAPPEN?
90,000 EXTRA MILES FROM A THAT
HELP HE BOUGHT FROM A CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTOR?
>> THAT IS TRICKY STUFF, HE MAY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RIDE OUT BUT
SOME REAL ESTATE DEALS WITH HIS
CONTRIBUTORS AND HE TURNED HUGE
PROFITS AFTER HOLDING ROTHS FOR
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT IS WHERE THE REAL BEEF WAS
STARTING TO SIZZLE.
LET ME SPIN YOU BACK TO THE
CHILDHOOD WHEN THERE WAS NO
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WOULD YOU BE AS OUTRAGED IF YOU
HADN'T SEEN THE SHOTS ON
FACEBOOK?
>> ANOTHER WEEK IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO.
SO SEE THAT CORRUPTION.
THAT CONTRIBUTED, YES.
>> SOMEONE LIVING THE HIGH
LAKEFRONT AND SEEING HIM.
>> THIS GUY IS A GOOF.
>> THE REPUBLICANS CALLED FOR
LAST SUNDAY, THAT IS WHEN YOU
GET IT, OKAY FOR YOU TO TAKE A
JET OVERSEAS AND HAVE FUN AND
PAY FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO A
CONCERT.
SORRY.
HE WAS SO AMBITIOUS, AFTER HE
WAS REELECTED IN 2012, HE BEGAN
CALLING A CHICAGO MEDIA ALL THE
TIME TRYING TO GET ON TELEVISION
HERE BECAUSE HE KNEW HE COULD
RUN INTO RAHM STATEWIDE HE WOULD
HAVE TO HAVE THE CHICAGO MEDIA.
WAS HE DOING THIS FOR 7 YEARS,
ITS BUBBLED UP?
>> TOWARD THE END.
>> HE HAD REPUTATION OF A PART
GUY IN SPRINGFIELD.
IT IS DEFINITELY...
>> YOU KNOW ALL THE PARTY GUYS.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
HE WANTED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.
THAT WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS.
AND SOMEHOW IT GOT TO A VOTE AND
BRUCE RAUNER BECAME, AND AT THAT
POINT HE REALLY GOT INTO.
DID YOU SEE THE INTERVIEW WITH
HIS FATHER.
>> WASN'T THAT WEIRD?
>> IN TWO YEARS HE WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL AGAIN IF HE'S NOT IN
JAIL.
WHOA.
THANKS DAD.
REPUBLICANS DROPPED THE DIME ON
IT.
WHAT DID HE DO TO HELP THE PARTY
OUT.
THEY WON'T LOTION D.C..
>> NO, NO CHANCE.
CLEARLY HE IS ON THE OUTS.
>> A STATE SENATOR WHAT MAGICAL
NAME, LAHOOD AND HIS FATHER HELD
THAT SEAT BEFORE.
FORMER HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.
A REASONABLE GUY.
YES.
>> THE YOUNGER LAHOOD IS MORE
CONSERVATIVE THAN A FATHER.
>> UH-HUH.
WHICH MAY PLAY VERY WELL THERE.
HE WAS IN FRONT AND NO ONE ELSE
HAS DELIVERED BUT THERE ARE A
TON OF NAMES.
>> ANY DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE
AVAILABLE?
>> SO FAR, A COUPLE OF NAMES
HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND YOU
THINK THAT MAYBE IN THIS
DISTRICT, PEOPLE VOTERS ARE
ANGRY ENOUGH AT THE GP BECAUSE
OF ALL THAT SCHOCK DID YOU COULD
HAVE A DEMOCRAT FOR A LITTLE BIT
AND WHERE RISK YOUR CAREER WHEN
YOU WILL LOSE IT IN 2016.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OBAMA
LIBRARY.
A BIG DEAL THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER
THE ELECTION BECAUSE OBAMA
DIDN'T WANT TO INTERFERE IN
ELECTIONS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S QUOTED AS
SAYING I THINK IT WILL END UP IN
CHICAGO.
I HOPE IT WILL UP THERE, YES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
IF HE WANTS IT HERE, HE'S THE
PRESIDENT.
PUT IT HERE.
>> MAYBE IT IS HIS WIFE, SHE'S
THE HEAD OF THE COMPLETE THAT
DECIDES.
>> I DO NOT GET IT.
>> I WISH WE COULD TURN BACK THE
CLOCK, TO DAYS WHERE NO ONE
CARED WHERE THEY WENT.
>> IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR CHICAGO,
THOUGH?
>> IT WOULD BE IF IT GOES IN THE
RIGHT PLACE.
>> THE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS ARE
LIKELY TO CHALLENGE THIS.
IF HE DOESN'T PUT THE LIBRARY
HERE, HE MIGHT AS WELL STAY IN
NEW YORK OR HONOLULU.
>> HE CAN PUT IT HERE AND STILL
STAY IN NEW YORK.
WITH THE LUCAS MUSEUM, THEY CAN
SHARE.
>> WE WILL GO TO THE BUSINESS
BEAT.
FARE HIKES ON THE HORIZON, AND
RECORD $1.3 BILLION SELLING
PRICE FOR THE WILLIS TOWER AND
NAME CHANGE CONSIDERED FOR THE
JOHN HANCOCK.
AND MORE THAN 500 ITEMS FROM
OPRAH'S DOUNDS CONDO ARE UP FOR
AUCTION.
WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY
DAVID?
>> A MILLION WOULD GET YOU A
CHIP ENDALE TABLE, MAYBE.
THE SEARS TOWER, THAT IS REALLY,
SOUNDS BIG BUT IT IS 350 PER
SQUARE FOOT WHICH IS NOT A GOOD
PRICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF
THE TROPHY PROPERTIES.
IT IS A LOUSY BUILDING.
IN MOD ENTIMES.
IT IS FRAIRL WELL RENTED NOW
BECAUSE UNITED IS THERE, PUTTING
THEIR OPERATIONS CENTER THERE
BUT NOT A MOD ENOFFICE BUILDING.
>> WHY DID THEY SELL IT?
>> HE THEY DID WELL ON IT.
THEY PRACTICALLY DOUBLED THEIR
MONEY.
AND BLACKSTONE IS A APPROPRIATE
EQUITY FIRM IS MAKING A BIG PLAN
AND THEY SAID THEY WILL YET
AGAIN, REVAMP THE SKY DECK
THERE.
>> THE SKY DECK, THE OBSERVATION
TOWERS HAVE BECOME BIG BUSINESS
AND YOU CAN MAKE TENS OF
MILLIONS OFF IT.
>> THE JOHN HANCOCK HAS ONE, AND
THEY ARE THINKING OF CHANGES
THAT NAME, AND ACTUALLY DOING A
LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT
BUILDING.
IN A SENSE THE FLOOR PLANNINGS
ARE NOT AS BIG AND IT IS MORE
INTERESTING.
>> WILL RAHM EMANUEL TAKE CREDIT
FOR THE RISE IN DOWNTOWN REAL
ESTATE?
I'M SERIOUS.
>> CAN OR WILL, HE WILL.
HE PLAYED A FACTOR.
>> HOW DID HE DO THAT?
>> CHUY WOULD SAY HE IS GIVING
AWAY TAX BREAKS TO HIS
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE FRIENDS.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS HE EDGE
COURAGED A BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT
HELPED TO FILL OFFICE SPACE, AND
THAT IS FILLING UP AND RENTS ARE
GOING UP.
CHICAGO HAS BENEFITED TO AN
EXTENT.
GOT RECOGNIZED BY A MAGAZINE AS
THE TOP DESTINATION.
HOW COME ON MANY NEIGHBORHOODS
REAL ESTATE IS NOT GOING IMAT
ALL.
AND THE CHICAGO AREA LAGS
CERTAIN OTHER AREAS IN THE
COUNTRY IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE
VALUES.
>> OVERBUILT, ALL THOSE CONDO
TOWERS AND A TIME WHEN EVERY
CONNER OF DOWNTOWN HAD A CONDO
TOWER ON IT.
ITS GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE TAX
SITUATION.
THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WITH PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE OF
THIS PENSION BUSINESS.
OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY
COULD GO UP THOUSANDS A YEAR,
BECAUSE OF THE POLICE AND FIRE,
AND PENSION SYSTEMS, IF IN FACT
THE COURT THROWS OUT WHAT WE
HAVE DONE, WHICH WASN'T MUCH.
YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE IN THE AS
WILLING TO BUY PROPERTY?
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS IN ILLINOIS.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT.
AND THAT FES DOWN TO THE
INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, WHO THINKS
ABOUT HIS OR HER THREE OR FOUR00
THOUSAND HOUSE.
WE WILL GO OVER TO SPORTS, BLACK
HAWKS CLIMBING IN THEIR DIVISION
STANDINGS WHAT TIMELY FOUR-GAME
WINNING STREAK.
BULLS BACKUPS MAKING THE MOST OF
THEIR INCREASED PLAYING TIME AS
INJURED STARS ARE READY TO
RETURN AND ROOKIE 49ERS
LINEBACKER CHOSES RETIREMENT
OVER STARDOM WITH LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF CONCUSSIONS.
AND WILL CHRIS BRYANT AND THE
NEW WRIGLEY JUMBO VIDEO BOARD BE
READY FOR OPENING DAY.
SPORTS IS USUALLY FUN.
I WANT TO TAKE IT FROM A SERIOUS
STANDPOINT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THIS
PROMISING SAN FRANCISCO FOOTBALL
PLAYER QUIT.
>> THERE COULD BE BE, RIGHT
THINKING PEOPLE ARE COMING TO
THE REALLYSATION THIS IS A
DANGEROUS SPORT AND THERE IS A
LOT OF MONEY AND FAME AND SO
MUCH TO BE HAD FROM IT, DO I
WANT TO RISK MY LONG TERM
HEALTH.
THE GUY IS 24, ONE OF THE BETTER
PLAYERS ON ONE OF THE BETTER
TEAMS AND HE JUST DECIDED IT IS
NOT WORTH IT.
THERE WILL BE AN INFORMED
CONSENT, THAT WILL BE NECESSARY,
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THERE
ARE LONG-TERM EFFECTS, THIS IS A
DANGEROUS GAME AND THEY CAN
REFINE THE HELMETS ALL THEY
WANT.
THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE.
YOU BANG YOUR HEAD ENOUGH TIMES
AND YOU PAY THE CONSEQUENCES.
I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED, HE BE
THE ONLY ONE.
WILL THERE STILL BE ENOUGH
PLAYERS?
>> IT WILL BE LIKE BOXING.
IT DRAWERS FROM THE POOREST, THE
PEOPLE THIS IS MY WAY OUT.
THIS IS HOW I WILL MAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF MYSELF.
>> WILL FOOTBALL LOSE ITS
AUDIENCE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUNDAY
AFTERNOONS, A RITUAL FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE THP THEY BUILD THEIR
WEEKENDS AROUND IT AND GYMING,
AND FANTASY, AND IT HAS GOTTEN
SO BIG.
PRO FOOTBALL DWARFS THE OTHER
SPORTS.
>> I THINK IT IS A FASCINATING
STORY.
I ALSO THINK IT IS FASCINATING
THAT THE BLACKHAWKS PUT TOGETHER
FOUR STRAIGHT WINS, AND THEY
WERE SPUTTERING FOR A WHILE.
>> WITHOUT PATRICK, AND THE
TRADES, THEY HAVE SOME PROVEN
GUYS WHO WERE ABLE TO STEP IN
AND PICK UP THE SLACK.
YOU LIKE TO HAVE HOME ICE, THE
WAY THE PLAYOFFS ARE PLAYED, IT
IS SO DPE TIFF AND INTENSE, IT
GIVES YOU A LITTLE EDGE BUT NOT
THAT MUCH.
MAYBE IN GAME 7.
IS THIS IN ANYWAY A TEST TECHLT
TO GREAT COACHING.
HE IS SITTING DOWN FAIRLY
ESTABLISHED PEOPLE.
PERFORMANCE BASED, EVERY
DECISION HE MAKES IS PERFORMANCE
BASED.
AND HE HAS THE CRED TO GET AWAY
WITH IT.
HE HAS DONE IT AND WON A LOT OF
GAMES AND TWO CUPS IN FIVE
YEARS, A SUCCESSFUL GUY.
YOU AND PATRICK, IF YOU WERE
HIM, WOULD YOU COME BACK?
>> YES.
>> THIS YEAR?
>> YES.
THEY ARE IN POSITION TO WIN.
THEY COULD WIN AND AFTER THIS
YEAR THEY BACK SLIDE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE TO SHED SOME SALARY.
SOME GUYS WILL HAVE TO CUT LOOSE
BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THE SALARY
CAP.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BULLS, AS I
DO EVERY DAY, I TOY TOM
THIBODEAU WILL BE BACK.
>> I DON'T THINK SO, THE GAP
BETWEEN HIM AND THE FRONT OFFICE
IS THERE AND IT HAS GONE.
AN INTERESTING STORY IN THE
TRIBUNE.
I THINK CASEY IS THE EYES AND
EARS OF THAT TEAM AND WHEN
ENWEIGHS IN, IT IS HEADED THAT
WAY...
>> MORE THAN YOU?
>> A DISCLAIMER JOEL.
I HAVE IOWA STATE IN THE FINAL
FOUR.
THEY LOST THEIR FIRST GAME.
SO MY SPORTS CREDIBILITY...
LET'S ASSUME HE'S IN THE COMING
BACK AND THE BULLS GET BACK SOME
INJURED PLAYERS.
>> FRED WENT DOWN WITH IOWA
STATE.
HE IS NOT AS POPULAR.
I THINK THEY CAN MAKE THE
CONFERENCE FINALS, BUT IN THE
BEAT CLEVELAND.
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