In a memo to employees earlier this week, Griffin called Miami a city of "diversity" and suggested its "energy" would offer up a better environment. Though he did not directly cite Chicago’s infamous rising crime stats in the memo, Griffin has previously voiced frustration with crime in the Windy City.
"If people aren’t safe here, they’re not going to live here," Griffin told the Wall Street Journal in April. "I’ve had multiple colleagues mugged at gunpoint. I’ve had a colleague stabbed on the way to work. Countless issues of burglary. I mean, that’s a really difficult backdrop with which to draw talent to your city from."
From the movie "Field of Dreams," "IF you build it they will come."