Advocacy group aims to block any taxpayer-funded subsidies to bring Bears to Arlington Heights

A petition for an ordinance rejecting any taxpayer financing of the new Bears stadium will be presented to the Arlington Heights Village Board on Tuesday, the Sun-Times' Michael Sneed reports.

It will precede the Chicago Bears unveiling conceptual plans for their proposed Arlington Heights stadium at a community meeting on Thursday.

Brian Costin, deputy director of the Illinois chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political advocacy group, said he plans to present an anti-corporate welfare ordinance to the Arlington Heights Village Board at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The ordinance would be aimed at preventing taxpayer-funded subsidies such as tax increment financing "from being used to lure the Chicago-based Bears to the suburbs.

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Advocacy group aims to block any taxpayer-funded subsidies to bring Bears to Arlington Heights

SNEED EXCLUSIVE: Americans for Prosperity will propose an ordinance that prevents Arlington Heights from using any government subsidies to lure the Bears.

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