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Home » Olympics funding

Tag: Olympics funding

Posted inBlogs

The Substitute for the Substitute

by Ben Joravsky September 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Mayor Daley proposes watered-down 2016 oversight to replace Manny Flores’s oversight compromise.

Manny Flores
Posted inNews & Politics

Who’ll Be the Bad Guy Now?

by Ben Joravsky August 12, 2009August 19, 2021

In a Trib op-ed, Manny Flores backs away from the cap he proposed on public funding for the Olympics.

Posted inBlogs

Olympics? Budget? Whatever: Mayor Daley keeps it copacetic

by Mick Dumke June 30, 2009August 19, 2021

“I signed nothing!” Daley cried out. He ran from behind his podium. “I signed nothing! Please! Write that–the Reader!”

Posted inBlogs

Fingers on the pulse

by Mick Dumke June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

Alderman Richard Mell sends out an e-mail asking constituents if they think the city should abandon its bid for the 2016 Olympics.

Posted inBlogs

Go get ’em, Tiger!

by Ben Joravsky June 24, 2009August 19, 2021

County commissioner Tony Peraica asks state’s attorney Anita Alvarez and attorney general Lisa Madigan to take legal action against Mayor Daley over his Olympic funding commitments.

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