I realize that’s it’s more arcane IOC politics than anything else that doomed this bid, but at least it doomed it. I just hope this will have some blowback on Daley, both to tarnish his legacy and so we can boot his ass.
Tag: Chicago 2016
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Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure
Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived.
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Olympic Delegates: Decked Out by Chicago Designers
Local designers have the city’s Olympic bid sewn up, with designs for the delegates to Copenhagen.
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Letters & Comments, September 24, 2009
“Of course, right after the Olympics you are going to see a drop in tourism—everybody came there DURING the Olympics!! It’s the LONG TERM effect that is important.”
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Chicago’s Olympic Bid: What’s In It for the Arts?
Why Chicago’s cultural institutions are lining up behind a bid the people aren’t sure they want.
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016’s “Stewardship Report”
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there’s the question of why they’re paying.
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There’s no “NAY” in “TEAM”
Critics often deride the Chicago City Council as a mayoral rubber stamp. Aldermen want you to know the critics have it wrong. “We are a team on the City Council,” Eighth Ward alderman Michelle Harris said today. “There’s nothing we can’t do with each other.” That raises all sorts of possibilities, but I think she […]
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Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike
How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited.
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I do not think that word means what you think it means
If you’ve ever wondered why Ben Joravsky feels the need to constantly explain what a TIF is, here’s why: “If the [Olympic] village is built in a tax increment financing district, the extra property tax revenue generated by the new development would pay for public improvements in the area for a set period of time.” […]
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Is Landmarks Commission Irrelevant?
“Session on Michael Reese today will tell.” 12:45 today, City Hall. Lynn Becker has the details. In architecture lulz: Driftglass FTW on the Hadid Pavilion.
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Wanna Buy an Olympics?
Why is the mayor’s A team only now hitting the neighborhoods to pitch Chicagoans on the Olympic bid?
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6/23 — Olympic Day celebration
The Chicago 2016 committee holds a free celebration of the obscure holiday Olympic Day on Tuesday.
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IOC, are you listening?
From Ben’s mouth to the IOC’s ear: members of the Olympic committee reportedly promised to read Joravsky’s Reader article telling them to take their Games to some other city.
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They got theirs
Aldermen approving a plan to ensure community benefits if Chicago wins the 2016 Olympics have a lot to be thankful for.