Just let the Bears go? Chicago’s mayoral candidates on what they’d do — if anything — to keep the team, and what happens to Soldier Field

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For some of the challengers for Chicago mayor, the departure of the Bears is a foregone conclusion. Some want to keep the team but have offered few specifics. Some have given an emphatic “no” to the use of city tax dollars. And then there’s the problem of what to do with a Bear-less Soldier Field. At a forum in December, three candidates — Paul Vallas, Ja’Mal Green and 6th Ward Ald. Roderick ...

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