The CTA is now airing promotional spots for the 2016 bid on our buses! To complain, call them at 312-664-7200 press 2, then press 4. We called and the customer service representative told us that these new promos started yesterday and were paid for by the 2016 Committee. In response to the question “Is this …
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 Council of Canadians is one of Canada’s largest public advocacy organizations. On July 21 they issued a statement on the 2010 Winter Games: We are concerned that the civil liberties of local communities and those who have a critique of the Games are being undermined by an unnecessary security presence. The security budget for …
As reported online by Yahoo News Canada: An Olympic watchdog group is asking the United Nations to send human rights observers to the 2010 Winter Games. The Impact on Communities Coalition haVGs also filed two new complaints to the UN over civil rights and housing in the hopes of finding a way to hold organizers …
From the Council of the Canadians’ web site: David Eby, the executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, recently wrote in the Vancouver Sun that, “While the International Olympic Committee earns a gold medal in the race to protect its sponsors and the Olympic brand, the same cannot be said of its performance in …
As reported in The North Coast online journal: Vancouver professor and Olympics Resistance Network organizer Chris Shaw came to Chicago early this year at the request of No Games Chicago, and spoke of the immense public debt, destruction to public parks, and “frontal assault on civil liberties” that have been the results of Vancouver having …
As reported in the online CBC News: Vancouver city council voted Thursday to pass new bylaws that make sweeping changes to how the city will work during the 2010 Winter Olympics. After four hours of debate, city council voted in favour of temporary changes that will be in place from January to March of 2010. …