Editorial: The mayor of Hammond makes his case for snagging Chicago Bears
As the mayor of Hammond sees it, Arlington Heights is where people wear tuxedos and sip Champagne. No place for Da Bears, he argues, given the team’s famously blue-collar roots. But Hammond, with the city of Chicago literally across the street?
In the view of Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. , that is the tippety-top spot for a new stadium for the Monsters of the Midway.
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As the mayor of Hammond sees it, Arlington Heights is where people wear tuxedos and sip Champagne. No place for Da Bears, he argues, given the team’s famously blue-collar roots. But Hammond, with the city of Chicago literally across the street?
In the view of Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. , that is the tippety-top spot for a new stadium for the Monsters of the Midway.
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