Ken Griffin’s announcement about Citadel’s move comes at a curious time politically for the billionaire

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Considering the timing and political optics, Ken Griffin's announced move points to a potentially early concession speech.

that they are moving their corporate headquarters to Virginia and Texas, respectively.

Durkin quoted Ian Fleming’s “Goldfinger,” in which the villain told James Bond, “‘They have a saying in Chicago. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time, it’s enemy action.’ First it’s Boeing. Second it’s Caterpillar. Third, it’s Citadel,” Durkin said. While Boeing and Caterpillar have announced they are leaving, Pritzker spokeswoman Emily Bittner said other big businesses,“We will continue to welcome those businesses — including Kellogg, which just this week announced it is moving its largest headquarters to Illinois — and support emerging industries that are already creating good jobs and investing billions in Illinois, like data centers, electric vehicles and quantum computing,” Bittner said in a statement.

Also in 2020, Griffin pumped $4.5 million into a group that opposed the retention of Democratic Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride. Kilbride went on to become the first court justice to lose a retention vote. This time around, with elections outside of Cook County for aSince 2002, Illinois State Board of Elections records show, Griffin has contributed $179 million to state and local candidates, mainly Republicans, and organizations.

 

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He realized he couldn’t buy the governor’s race so he throws up his toys and leaves.

It’s hard to accept that our one party state is unstoppable in their gradual destruction of the city.

Citadel leaves Chicago - Boeing leaves Chicago - Caterpillar leave’s Illinois. Citizens leaving the city and state. Second terms for both? Oh for sure

If he’s making these bad political decisions I wonder if his business acumen is intact.

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