No Games Chicago today issued its own review of the Civic Federation’s review of the 2016 Committee’s finances. “What we’ve got here is the sheep paying the foxes to audit the wolves” said No Games organizer Tom Tresser. “There are so many conflicts of interest in the inception, staffing and execution of this report as …
If you’ve been to the 2016 community meetings as No Games Chicago has – you’ll recall hearing the claim that no taxpayer money has been or will be spent on the games. No Games has challenged that claim repeatedly – wondering how they keep failing to include the almost $200 million for the purchase, demo, …
The Civic Federation’s report looking at the finances of the 2016 Committee is out. No Games is going over it page by page and from what we’ve seen so far – despite being full of conflicts of interest and unchallenged assumptions, it raises new alarms for the people of Chicago. It seems that local news …
Chicago, are you ready to be ruled by the IOC from Switzerland for seven years? No kidding. The Host City Contract includes language on making local laws subservient to the IOC Charter and Swiss law. As reported in the Vancouver Sun: Contract binds Vancouver to play by IOC rules or not play at Elites of …
The mayor had another rough night meeting the public Tuesday at the South Shore Cultural Center. Here’s a gem from WBEZ’s coverage of the hearing. “The mayor didn’t answer that – or most – questions directly, instead asking his staff to meet people individually. A handful of speakers brought up the city’s 2016 Olympic bid …
As reported online by AFP: Rio de Janeiro’s bid to become the first South American city to host the Olympics is gathering momentum, a source close to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told AFP on Thursday. By contrast the long-time favourites and frontrunners for 2016, Chicago, are losing ground equally fast and alienating many IOC …
As reported in Progress Illinois and WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight”: This month, Tribune business columnist David Greising has written two pieces urging more disclosure on the part of Chicago’s Olympic bid committee and, in doing so, spurred a lengthy editorial from his paper on the topic. On Friday, he appeared on Chicago Tonight’s “Week in Review” …
As reported in today’s Crain’s Chicago Business: Chicago’s business weekly dumps cold water on the over-inflated and unsupported claims of Olympic economic benefits. As noted local economist Allen Sanderson says, “It’s a party, not an economic investment.” Watch the Crain’s Chicago video news report. Mayor Richard M. Daley’s prediction that the 2016 Olympics would give …
As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times: As it has at times in recent weeks, a community meeting about Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics soon veered off into a heated discussion about other things. Affordable housing. Jobs. Crime. An upset Mark Carter, 35, stood in the audience and demanded that Mayor Daley’s Olympic …