* Tribune…

While the Illinois General Assembly didn’t end up passing legislation this session that helped or hurt the Chicago Bears’ stadium efforts, one suburban lawmaker said the legislature got close to a deal on property tax legislation — a measure widely seen as a way to ease a team move to Arlington Heights.

“We were super close and just ran out of time,” state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, a Democrat who represents the northwest suburb and surrounding areas, said Sunday.

C’mon.

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* It was not in the cards…

Rep. Kam Buckner pushed back on the idea that any agreement was close, as no deal was ever actually introduced in the legislature.

“The Bears have made it clear — they no longer want to be in Chicago. That’s their decision,” Buckner, a Chicago Democrat whose district includes Soldier Field, said in a text message Sunday. “But if they want to leave and use state dollars or ask for special tax protections to do it, they’ll have to come through Springfield. And in Springfield, that means facing the Chicago delegation directly.”

As House Speaker Pro Tempore Buckner told Isabel on Friday about a rumor that language to help the Bears build a stadium in Arlington Heights might be included in the BIMP: “I would take serious umbrage with that.” If a top leader says something like that and can’t follow, then he’s not a top leader.

Again, it wasn’t going to happen.

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