2016 Scandal Unfolds, Mayors Ducks Questions, No Games Explains
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Category: Reasons to say “NO!”
Tough Questions in the 49th Ward
As reported in Lake Effect News: If pointing out the holes within a salesman’s pitch were an Olympic sport, Rogers Park would have a gold medal. Last night more than 150 people packed the Rogers Park Public Library with an overwhelming message for the Chicago 2016 Olympic committee: the emperor is not, in fact, wearing …
Here’s How “Community Benefits” Really Work in Chicago!
Scott, Michael J. 18620 Cedar Ave Country Club Hills, IL 60478 Occupation: Project Executive Employer: Louis Jones Enterprises Inc. $1,500.00 2/19/2007 Individual Contribution Richard M Daley Campaign Comm Louis Jones Company Profile click link below: http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=726322 Mayor Daley’s Contributions Mayor Richard M. Daley has become a fundraising juggernaut. In the eight weeks leading up to …
Let the Corruption Begin – Here’s a REAL Community Benefit!
To all those organizations who signed the so-called Community Benefits Agreement (see a copy here) – what were you thinking? HERE is the real beneficiary of the Olympics – Michael Scott and his cronies. Oh, wait – he was the one who negotiated the benefits agreement with you. We at No Games hope all those …
Mayor Daley + Olympics = Gasoline + Fire
From the Provocateur’s column online at the Chicago Sun-Times: If the old adage is true that absolute power corrupts absolutely, then the last thing the all powerful mayor of Chicago needs is the Olympics to preside over. The ability to control every aspect of the Olympics is nothing more than sending a devious kid into …
2016 Committee Continues Enron Accounting re: Athlete’s Village
As reported in the Chicago Tribune, the 2016 Committee reluctantly confirms the real proce for the Olympic Village is not the $1 billion originally announced, but REALLY $1.18 billion. …the city intends to create a tax increment financing district for the site to pay for infrastructure costs, including streets and sewer. On Tuesday, Chicago 2016 …
City and 2016 Destroy Parks – It’s Just the Start, Folks
As reported on the Save Michael Reese Hospital web site: In an act of cultural and environmental violence that has shocked the South Side, the City of Chicago and the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee have destroyed the beloved central park lands at Michael Reese Hospital. Sparing only a few trees, the community parks have been …
Alderman Declares “No Free Check For Games”
Alderman Manny Flores of the First Ward introduced an ordinance at the June 29 City Council meeting that would limit the taxpayer’s exposure to the 2016 Olympics at $500 miillion. This has been called the Cap Ordinance. Download a copy of the bill. No Games Chicago supports the Flores Cap Ordinance. Call your alderman and …
We’ve Been Wondering The Same Thing…
The Chicagoist asks: Is Chicago Ready to Host the Olympics? That’s the persistent question as the date for selecting the city that will host the 2016 Summer Games draws near. Bid backers in Chicago contend that the Games will bring jobs, an economic boost and international prestige to the city, all at little or no …
Vancouver Olympics Budget Shortfall – Seeks 1,500 “Loaned” Employees
As reported by Reuters: 2010 Games seeks to borrow workers to ease budget Organizers of next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, facing a budget crunch, said on Thursday they want employers to lend them up to 1,500 short-term workers. Similar worker-loan programs have been used in past Olympics, but organizers of the 2010 Games acknowledged …