"Sam, you get to spend your own money on Wrigley Field. And if you rename it Zell Stadium, I promise not to write a word in protest," Greg Hintz writes for Crain's Chicago Business in a column published in the newspaper's e-edition today. "If you or I opened a grocery or clothing store, we wouldn't expect the government to pony up construction costs, using as a revenue source the sales taxes the store eventually would generate," Hintz points out.

"So, on behalf of the hardworking (and much less rich) taxpayers of Chicago, here's a message that Mr. Zell surely can appreciate: Use your own money to rebuild Wrigley Field, and quit trying to grab ours," Hintz editorializes, calling out the efforts of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, Tribune Co. and Governors Rod Blagojevich and James Thompson.