Sun-Times “On The Home Front” real estate columnist Don DeBat wrote in Friday’s paper: Chicago’s $4.8 billion Olympic Games bid features details about a new neighborhood that is planned to house some 16,000 athletes and officials on the current site of Michael Reese Hospital on the Near South Side. Preliminary Olympic Village plans, drafted by …
Ben Joravsky, the political reporter for The Reader, took a look at the 2016 Committee’s Bid Book and came way skeptical. Headlined “The $10.5 Million Mascot,” Ben fumes ” With its 300-plus pages of bright pictures and cheery quotes, the bid paints a picture of a city free from potholes, budget deficits, CTA meltdowns, murders, …
Former Alderman Arenda Toutman was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for mail fraud and tax fraud. Troutman is the 30th sitting or former Alderman to be convicted of corruption charges over the past 36 years! Mayor Daley first appointed Troutman to her office in 1990. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that U.S. Attorney …
Wha’t wrong with this picture? The Chicago summer games of 2016 are projected to cost less than the Sydney games of 2000?! Oops. The London games were projected to cost $4.9 billion in their Bid Book. Now running at $13.5 billion! Remember, this is Chicago. Soldier Field renovations. Monroe Street garage repairs. Millennium Park overuns. …
Gee, thanks Mayor Daley and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. Your mismanagement and fostering of corruption has landed Chicago the #3 spot in Forbes Magazine’s list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities.” Lousy weather, long commutes, rising unemployment and the highest sales tax rate …
People have been bugging us for buttons, tee shirts, buper stickers and signs. We’re on it! You can order No Games tee shirts in a variety of styles and sizes from Cafe Press. Other stuff is in design. Got ideas for other designs or access to printing services? Email us at nogameschicago@gmail.com. Let’s make this …
The Chicago Tribune released the result of a poll it commissioned saying that 75% of people surveyed do not want taxes to go support the Olympics coming to or operating in Chicago. What’s your opinion? Tribune poll: Support for Chicago Olympics tempered by opposition to using taxes for Games – Over 100 comments! In a …
A few hundred million here, a few hundred million there. It adds up. $730 million is how much the city is committed to spending on the Olympics THAT WE KNOW OF. How would spend $730 million to improve Chicago? VOTE ON THIS POLL BY CLICKING THE IMAGE. Poll Answers