From the Daily Herald:
What prompted the atypical number of defections, including multiple suburbanites?
“We should have had a more robust economic analysis reflecting true costs to the state,” said Democratic state Rep. Anne Stava of Downers Grove, who voted no. “Billionaire boys club bills don’t resonate with my constituents.”
Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills supported the measure. “If you believe Illinois needs more business, this is an opportunity to grow our region. One of very few these days,” he explained…
“Without politicians fumbling this deal locally, then in the city of Chicago, and now in Springfield for the past three years, the Chicago Bears stadium project would be roughly 80% complete by now at one-third of the price today,” McLaughlin noted. “We would be looking at a stadium opening probably next fall.”
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The Illinois Americans for Prosperity organization issued the a press release naming the ten Repblicans who voted for the bill.
