Wow. Talk about an angry and heart-felt column. You’ve got to read all of Rick Telander’s column today. The headline says it all: “Chicago doesn’t deserve the 2016 Olympics. Blantly corrupt of simply stupid? City unworthy of 2016 games.” There are times when you get sent to your room without dessert. Without dinner, even. This …
The City of Chicago’s Inspector General, David Hoffman, today released a critical review of the parking meter deal and concluded that the deal was under-valued by at least $974 million! The report finds that if the City were to keep control of the parking-meter system and operate it under the same terms as the private …
As reported in the Chicago Sun-Times: City pension officials have been hit with subpoenas from a federal grand jury trying to determine how a start-up company co-owned by Mayor Daley’s nephew won $68 million in pension investments. The grand jury issued the subpoenas Wednesday, nearly two months after city pension officials refused to comply with …
As reported in the Sun-Times: One of Mayor Daley’s closest allies on the City Council has been wearing a wire and secretly recording “public officials and real estate developers” for more than a year, a City Hall bombshell that was revealed in a federal court document Thursday. Ald. Isaac “Ike” Carothers (29th) was charged Thursday …
Ken Vogels writes in the online newsmagazine, Politico, that the Obama White house is poised to lobby heavily for the 2016 Olympic Games. The Obama White House is playing an unprecedented role in the bid to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago, with top adviser Valerie Jarrett spearheading an effort that draws on the …
A press release from the 2016 Committee dated May 1 boasts that an “Unprecedented Chicago-Area Participation Expected for Olympic Week in America.” The press release goes on: More than 230,000 Chicago-area students and 15,000 teachers are gearing up for Olympic Week in America, which will take place next week, May 4–May 8. The 700 percent …
Jake Tapper is ABC News senior White House correspondent. He broke this story on his blog: On Friday night, the White House posted on its website a special ethics waiver allowing senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to lead the White House’s efforts to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago. Jarrett had previously served as Vice Chair …
The Chicago Tribune reported today that Michael Scott, the President of the Chicago Public School’s Board of Education, sent an email to ALL of the city’s public schools urging them all to plan events at their schools to promote the 2016 bid. Scott is also a member of the 2016 Committee and the co-chair of …
Crain’s Chicago Business chronicled the big donors to the 2016 Olympic Committee. Surprise, the list is full of firms and Fat Cats who do millions of dollars of business with the city. Download the article (Word file).
The Chicago Tribune ran a great item on “Picking face of Games” looking at great suggestions for the Chicago Olympic mascot. Here are three of our favorites. Vote on your favorite or email us a sketch of your own idea – nogameschicago@gmail.com.