More Wrigley taxes would help fund fixes -- ChicagoSports.com

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Friday Morning Odds And Ends, Being On Fire Edition
Published 3 days ago by Colin Wyers at GoatRiders of the Apocalypse -
... Because that's the only way this gets within spitting distance of acceptability. Oh, wow. Can we take a look at Mike Fontenot in center field before we try this out? I'm dead serious.) There's a lot of news on the business front for the Cubs this week. I'm still trying to internalize all of it myself, so I don't have a lot to say. Maury Brown breaks down the opening of the financial books and handicaps the potential owners. The Trib is still trying to offload the ballpark to the state in a separate deal. Wittenmyer ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Friday 5/9, 1:20 CT
Published 3 days ago by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue
... More info on the proposed ISFA/Wrigley Field deal. They say "no tax money" would be used. Others have said a "tax increment financing" deal like this one means that other taxes might have to be raised. I'd like to hear more details about this. Also of interest in that article: ...

Kenney Outlines Funding for Wrigley Field, Renovation
Published 3 days ago by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball
... Read that through a few times and it makes sense and doable. Where things get confusing is when this model is set against comments by former Gov. Jim Thompson, who is the ISFA chairman. Thompson said that no tax money would be used as part of the renovation to Wrigley. As reported in the Chicago Tribune: ...