For No Games supporters an inspirational quote from the late great Molly Ivins: “So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through …
PROTEST CHICAGO’S OLYMPIC BID TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 5:30PM at CITY HALL (121 N. LaSALLE ST.) RSVP using Facebook LET THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE KNOW THAT CHICAGOANS DO NOT WANT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. The City of Chicago currently has a $500 million budget gap. Chicago public schools are being closed and the CTA is crumbling. The …
Anita Beaty directs the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and she was in Atlanta for the run up the 1996 Olympics and has lived through the delivery and aftermath. She warns us not to believe the hype. Will you listen to her? You can also listen to and embed an audio player for …
It’s 30 days to October 2, when the IOC will vote on which city will host the 2016 Olympics! (orignally posted on September 2) No Games Chicago is seeking 300 Champions to donate at least $30 so we can sprint to the finish! 300 donors in 30 days! We can do it! Listen to No …
As reported by ESPN.com: From Berlin – Patrick Ryan has traveled tens of thousands of miles, crisscrossed time zones and wandered through countless hotel lobbies — all in search of support for Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. With six weeks before the International Olympic Committee vote in Copenhagen on Oct. 2, Ryan and leaders …
As reported in the Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s final fundraiser for its 2016 Olympic bid drew the biggest crowd yet, but raised only about $5 million Wednesday evening, the lowest tally of three major events aimed at luring private cash. The sum was raised from 3,600 supporters, or more than 1,000 more than attended last year’s …
As reported in the Chicago Reader by Ben Joravsky: With Mayor Daley essentially asking for a blank check to pay for the Olympics, the taxpayers of Chicago could use a little boldness from their City Council. But Manny Flores, one of the few aldermen occasionally willing to stand up for good government, seems to be …
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 …
Check out Steve Rhode’s online column at NBC Chicago: Now that the city is just a few months away from finding out if it will be awarded the 2016 Olympics, an actual real debate has erupt among taxpayers about whether they actually, really want it. Isn’t this backwards?Yes, but if City Hall and local Olympic …
No Games appeared on “Chicago Tonight” on Thursday, July 23. The 17 minute segment dealt with the public meetings around the 2016 bid and the outcry for more honesty and truth-telling by the 2016 Committee. Are YOUR questions answered yet?