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).
A report by Prof. Victor Matheson, “Mega Events: The effect of the world’s biggest sporting events on local, regional and national economies” exposes the lies told to us by the 2016 Olympic Committee. They claim the 2016 games will bring in billions. In the report, published in 2006 by the Department of Economics at the …
Ben Joravsky, the political reporter for The Reader, took a look at the 2016 Committee’s Bid Book and came way skeptical. Headlined “The $10.5 Million Mascot,” Ben fumes ” With its 300-plus pages of bright pictures and cheery quotes, the bid paints a picture of a city free from potholes, budget deficits, CTA meltdowns, murders, …
Former Alderman Arenda Toutman was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for mail fraud and tax fraud. Troutman is the 30th sitting or former Alderman to be convicted of corruption charges over the past 36 years! Mayor Daley first appointed Troutman to her office in 1990. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that U.S. Attorney …
Wha’t wrong with this picture? The Chicago summer games of 2016 are projected to cost less than the Sydney games of 2000?! Oops. The London games were projected to cost $4.9 billion in their Bid Book. Now running at $13.5 billion! Remember, this is Chicago. Soldier Field renovations. Monroe Street garage repairs. Millennium Park overuns. …
Gee, thanks Mayor Daley and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. Your mismanagement and fostering of corruption has landed Chicago the #3 spot in Forbes Magazine’s list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities.” Lousy weather, long commutes, rising unemployment and the highest sales tax rate …
A few hundred million here, a few hundred million there. It adds up. $730 million is how much the city is committed to spending on the Olympics THAT WE KNOW OF. How would spend $730 million to improve Chicago? VOTE ON THIS POLL BY CLICKING THE IMAGE. Poll Answers
No Games Chicago went public on January 31 with a public forum at the University of Chicago. Over 200 people packed the room to a hear an amazing panel of speakers. Panel members were: Deborah Taylor of Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) and Lake Park East Tenants Association, Karen Lewis of the Caucus of …