No taxes in deal to buy, rehab Wrigley?
Published 4/30/2008 by BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
Former Gov. Jim Thompson said Tuesday he has found a way to have the state buy and renovate Wrigley Field -- a remodeling cost of "at least $400 million" -- with "no taxes of any kind."
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