Plus Mayor Daley wants the field and, as we all know, the mayor generally gets what he wants around here. The case, of course, is being held in the Daley Center, and as more than one lawyer has jokingly told me: “They don’t call it the Daley Center for nothing.”
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Well, Cook County circuit judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird stunned us all this afternoon.
She did, however, allow Latin and the Park District to finishing installing the artificial turf.
At Wednesday’s hearing, Latin’s lawyer argued that the Park District has to cover all construction and removal costs if a judge orders the field removed. Latin says it’s going to cost $2 million to install the field. Lord knows how much it would cost to take it out. If the Latin contract gets nixed, then the school may have to chase after the Park District to get its money back. In other words, more lawyers, more litigation–any way you look at it, the taxpayers get screwed.
