Last week, the Chicago Bears put out the possibility they would be open to moving out of Chicago and into northwest Indiana if the organization and State of Illinois and City of Chicago could not come to terms on tax breaks the organization claims are necessary to make a stadium in Arlington Heights a reality.

State Rep. Dr. Bill Hauter sees the open letter from Bears brass as a negotiating tactic and wonders how legitimate their claims of a willingness to move would actually be.

Dr. Hauter would rather Illinois lawmakers and Chicago leadership worry about taking care of their own before they worry about the Bears or even undocumented people here illegally. 

The Bears letter to Chicago and Illinois was followed earlier this week by the Kansas City Chiefs, indicating they would be leaving Missouri for Kansas, and building a new stadium there.