In a new weekly feature, the Tribune Opinion team is selecting the best quotes of the week. Check out last week’s quotes here.
Rock music festivalgoers will have to trek out to the suburbs this fall. Riot Fest announced that it’s holding its popular festival in Bridgeview this year. This move will affect more than just festival attendees, and so what people have to say interested us. Elsewhere in Chicagoland, tensions flew between two aldermen, and corpse flower fans were waiting for a stinky blossom.
“Riot Fest will be leaving Douglass Park. And — allow me to be as clear as the azure sky of the deepest summer — our exodus is solely because of the Chicago Park District.”
— Riot Fest co-founder Mike Petryshyn
Petryshyn was quoted in the Sun-Times after Riot Fest announced this week it would be moving to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
“It is unfair and unfortunate to have our club put in this situation, shining a light on the vast discrepancies in the treatment of women’s professional sports versus men’s professional sports.”
— Chicago Red Stars President Karen Leetzow
Leetzow was quoted in the Tribune after the Red Stars were forced to reschedule a home game to accommodate Riot Fest in September.
“I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal. Jill and I will always be there for Hunter and the rest of our family with our love and support. Nothing will ever change that.”
— President Joe Biden
Biden’s son Hunter was found guilty on all three federal felony gun charges he faced.
“If you slap me, I’m going to hit you with a bat. If you hit me with a bat, I’m going to shoot you with a gun.”
— Ald. David Moore, 17th
Moore was quoted in the Tribune saying this to Ald. Daniel La Spata, 1st, after La Spata confronted him for blocking two of his proposals aimed at adding housing in Logan Square.
“I believe my brother’s time on this earth would have been extended if he had the language to express what he needed, or the mental health care that he needed.”
— Mayor Brandon Johnson
Johnson wrote this in an Opinion piece in the Tribune about his brother Leon who struggled with mental illness.
“I told my boss, ‘When I get the alert, I’m gone. I’m going to disappear for 24 hours or so.’”
— Quad Cities resident Tony Holland
Holland was quoted in the Tribune speaking about wanting to experience the stinky blossoming of Chicago Botanic Garden’s corpse flower Sumatra.
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