Don’t give One Central $6.5 billion in taxpayer money

A rendering of part of the proposed multi-billion One Central Development, which would be built atop rail tracks west of Soldier Field. (Landmark Development)

Thank you, Sun-Times, for the recent editorial continuing to stand tall for the taxpayers of our state, this time with a one-two punch to the greedy $6.5 billion tax grab by private developer Landmark, which is proposing the 30-plus-acre mega-development One Central.

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan orchestrated that huge taxpayer subsidy by shoehorning it into a last-minute 2019 bill lawmakers didn’t have time to read. The record shows there wasn’t even any mention, much less debate, on the subject.