In today’s Chicago Tribune: If it’s broke — and by most calculations, Chicago is — the Olympics won’t fix it. Rest assured of that one unassailable fact. You will be told that if the 2016 Summer Games are awarded to the city, track will pay for itself, and field will turn a profit. You will …
As reported online by the Chicago Tribune: Earlier this week, Ald. Manuel Flores (1st) introduced an ordinance to cap the city’s liability for 2016 Olympics losses at $500 million. It was a response to Daley’s meeting with IOC officials in Switzerland on June 17. Afterward, he told the Tribune he would sign a host city contract putting …
People from around the world have visited the No Games blog and voiced their support. Here is one comment from a person in Montreal who is warning us NOT to repeat their error of 1976. Montreal also had a long time mayor who wanted to establish his legacy and viewed the Olympics as a way …
Ben Joravsky takes us to school and reviews the history of the Mayor’s Olympic scheming. He documents how the Mayor and the 2016 Committee knew all along that the city would HAVE to sign a blank check to get the games. In the last couple of weeks Daley and Ryan have been eating crow at …
Alderman Joe Moore appeared on ABC TV NewsViews on June 28 with No Games volunteer Tom Tresser. He wants the finances of the bid explained to his satisfaction or he will “vote against the games.” Watch the 12 minute program on YouTube, in two segments.
As reported online by the Chicago Tribune: At the first City Council meeting since Mayor Richard Daley increased the likelihood of Chicago being responsible for any losses from the 2016 Summer Olympics, aldermen countered Tuesday with measures to limit taxpayer liability and raise scrutiny of the city’s bid. Of three newly introduced measures, only one …