As reported in the Hyde Park Herald: Over 200 neighbors from the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Wards packed the room at the South Shore Cultural Center on July 15. Many in the crowd were distrustful of the city and business interests which have backed the Olympic bid. “Oprah and all those people who gave …
Ben Joravsky chronicles the 2016 community meetings in The Chicago Reader: In a more perfect democracy, the campaign to host the 2016 Olympic Games would have been the subject of intense public scrutiny from the moment Mayor Daley proposed it three years ago. The financial projections would’ve been scrutinized by independent-minded aldermen and their whiz-kid …
As reported in the Sun-Times: Mayor Daley today accused unidentified media naysayers of trying to sandbag Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid by reporting testimony from people at neighborhood hearings who don’t want the Olympics. “You’re against it. You were against Millennium Park. You were against 911. You were against Soldiers Field. You were against Meigs Field. …
Check out these news clips that review some of the news surrounding the cost overruns relating tot the Vancouver 2010 games and the promises that were made to the citizens there. Vancouver taxpayers are being handing a billion dollar plus bill for the Olympic Village and other Olympic construction projects soared over budget. It COULD …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – Just one day’s samples… Unnecessary Olympics I’ve lived in this city since I was born here in 1933. I’ve witnessed the many trials and tribulations it has endured and the great successes it has achieved. These diverse elements and the diversity of the city itself are what make Chicago great. …
As reported in Lake Effect News: Even if Chicago 2016 had resurrected Frank Sinatra from the grave to sing “2016, Chicago is” at the end of “My Kind of Town” that was playing on the sound system before the start of Monday’s community meeting for 39th and 40th Ward residents, it still wouldn’t have convinced …
We get a fair amount of inquiries on WHO we are at No Games Chicago. You have to understand that our volunteers are sometimes reluctant to publicly identify themselves for fear of retribution. When three of us went to Switzerland on June 15 we were asked a number of times “Who is paying you?” It …
As reported in the June 29-July 6 issue of Crain’s Chicago Business, the 21016 Games will cost YOU a bundle… As aldermen prepare to debate whether to put Chicago on the hook for any operating losses from the 2016 Olympics, the construction of a $1-billion athletes village poses a far greater potential risk to city …
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 …