Public Back Watchers, Now Is Your Time to Step Up

I’m talking to you, Metropolitan Planning Council and Civic Federation

The news is full of reports of greedy local major league sports teams making aggressive pitches for billions of public dollars for new stadiums. We have the McCaskey Family who own the Bears – estimated net worth of $2 billion and Jerry Reinsdorf who owns the White Sox – estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, looking for a combined $2 billion (at least) i…