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Category: Corruption

July 24, 2009 / Corruption

Homeowners Swim in Sewage, City Can’t Get ANYTHING Right

Take a look at this ABC News investigative report of what happened when a city sewage line ruptured under a house in Chicago.  Privatization of essential service, incompetence, bloated payrolls, unqualified inspectors and evasion all were unearthed in this report. Only the presence of the ABC news team brought the homeowners any hope of relief. …

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July 21, 2009 / Chicago 2016

“Olympic Bid on Hot Seat” at Community Forum

It was four against two as the 2016 Committee sent four senior members of their staff to squared off against No Games organizer Tom Tresser and Friends of the Parks President Erma Tranter at the Lake View Citizens’ Council Olympic forum Monday night. Tranter presented a number of thorny issues about the bid’s reliance on …

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July 13, 2009 / Chicago 2016

Darts Keep On Coming

From the Sun-Times, those darts just keep on coming. Here are some of the reader’s comments from their recent editorial, “Throwing Darts the only way to pin down full data on Olympics.” ken kunz wrote: Daley must sign the Host Cities Agreement, or his Olympic nightmare is off, PERIOD! You do not negotiate with the …

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July 10, 2009 / Chicago 2016

Let’s ALL Take Up Dart Throwing

As reported in the Sun-Times: An impassioned Mayor Daley today portrayed the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as the economic salvation for Chicago, but warned that the city just might lose the Olympic sweepstakes “if people keep throwing darts.” The Mayor confessed he has “nothing else up my sleeve” in the way of economic development plans …

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July 9, 2009 / Chicago 2016

Free Speech Banned at Staged 2016 Event

The 2016 Committee is using our public parks for staged so-called “community events.” These are managed, policed, controlled and designed to repress real questions and criticism. Read the Chicago Tribune business reporter’s review, “At Olympics forums, truth is a high hurdle” Here’s an update from a No Games Chicago volunteer who attended the first one: …

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July 2, 2009 / Chicago 2016

Reader Reviews Olympic B.S. – Blank Check Not a Surprise

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 …

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June 22, 2009 / Chicago 2016

Chicago 2016 Admits Lying to Public

As reported by Crain’s Chicago Business reporter, Greg Hinz: Olympic chief admits errors, but promises full disclosure Posted by Greg H. at 6/22/2009 3:10 PM on Chicago Business The head of the city’s Olympics bid team Monday conceded that officials intentionally withheld news about a key shift in the city’s Olympics financing scheme so as …

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June 9, 2009 / Corruption

City Layoff Workers, Cuts Services, Sells Meters BUT Has $1 Billion TIF Surplus

As reported on the Progress Illinois blog: Over the past month, Mayor Daley’s tax increment financing (TIF) system has attracted some much-needed scrutiny.  First came the news that the city is forking over $3.8 million to insurance giant Willis Group Holdings to refurbish their swank new Sears Tower headquarters (despite the fact that the company’s …

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June 9, 2009 / Chicago 2016

No Games Refutes Absurd 2016 Bid Ratings

No Games went on NBC News to refute the claim by aroundtherings.com that Chicago’s bid for the 2016 is on top.

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June 7, 2009 / Chicago 2016

2016 Committee Drops $480k on Lobbyists

As reported in the Chicago Tribune: As Chicago awaits judgment of international Olympics evaluators, the city’s bid committee has been hard at work in Washington lining up White House backing and employing a well-connected lobbying firm to lay the groundwork for shaking loose federal dollars in the event the 2016 Summer Games come to northern …

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