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Chicago Olympics Bid Brings Protests, Opposition (PHOTOS)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — (AP) The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some ar...

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Chicagoans For Rio Site Creator Comes Clean

Chicago Tribune | James Janega | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

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A 43-year-old Chicago advertising copywriter told the Chicago Tribune today that he was the creative mind behind ChicagoansForRio.com, ending a weeklo...

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...Or...Keep The Olympics Out Of Chicago!

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.28.2009 | Impact

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If all the hoopla surrounding Chicago's pitch to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games makes you cringe, you're not alone. Thousands of people have joine...

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2016 Olympics Financial Benefit Far Less Than Predicted: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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The economic boost from the Olympics will be about one-fourth the size claimed by the Chicago 2016 bid committee, according to a study to be released ...

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Daley On Olympics: 'This Is All About Jobs'

CBS 2 | Jay Levine | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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When Mayor Daley talks about the Olympics, he's clearly focused more on jobs and money than track and field....

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Olympics Insurance Coverage Has Over $2 Billion Hole

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard M. Daley and Patrick Ryan assure Chicago taxpayers that a safety net of insurance would insulate them from the financial risks of hostin...

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Park District May Fork Over $20M For Olympic Canoe, Kayak Course

AP | Posted 11.14.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Park District may contribute $20 million toward the construction of a canoe and kayak slalom course should the city win its bid for the 20...

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City Council Votes To Put Taxpayers On Hook For Olympics Cost Overruns

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Bring on Da Games. The City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to take full financial responsibility if Chicago is awarded the 2016...

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Why 'Trust Us' Doesn't Cut it for the Olympics

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago

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The mayor who gave us the hired truck scandal, the parking meter debacle and the middle-of-the-night destruction of Meigs Field is asking taxpayers to take a great leap of faith with this Olympic venture.

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Mark Brown: 'The Olympics Would Be Great For Chicago'

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark Brown | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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The Olympics would be great for Chicago. This seems obvious to me on its face, and yet I realize it has become an increasingly unpopular viewpoint....

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Support For Chicago Olympics Drops In Tribune Poll

Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty and Kathy Bergen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

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Support in Chicago for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has dwindled, with residents now sharply divided over whether the city should host the Games, a T...

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Olympic Committee Report Finds No Clear Front Runner For 2016 Games

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

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LONDON — The Rio bandwagon seems to be picking up speed. Rio de Janeiro's bid to take the Olympics to South America for the first time in 2016 g...

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Alderman, Daley Pitch Conflicting Olympics Oversight Plans

Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann and Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

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With little more than a month until the International Olympics Committee decides whether Chicago will get the 2016 Summer Games, aldermen are unveilin...

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Top Chicago Olympics Officials Draw Six-Figure Salaries

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley's chief of staff got a whopping 41 percent pay raise -- to $250,000 a year -- when she jumped off the City Hall merry-go-round to become p...

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What Happened in Switzerland (When We Met the IOC)

Tom Tresser | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago

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'Why are you here?' the IOC representative asked. I explained that we are citizens who believe that hosting the Olympics would be a disaster for Chicago.

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Daley Vastly Overestimating Economic Impact Of 2016 Games: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | John Pletz | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard M. Daley's prediction that the 2016 Olympics would give Chicago's economy a $22.5-billion boost vastly overstates the likely benefits of...

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Olympics Bid Met With Suspicion In Bronzeville

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago

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Ever since they got a whiff of proposed plans to turn their Chicago neighborhoods into ground zero for the 2016 Olympics, many South Side residents ha...

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Olympic Village To Cost Around $1.18 Billion, Use TIF Money

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

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The tab for building an Olympic Village typically is reported to be about $1 billion, but a tally of various associated costs puts the total at $1.18 ...

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Chicago's Olympics Bid Team Postpones Financial Disclosures

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen and David Heinzmann | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

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Coming down the homestretch to the October selection of an Olympic host city, Chicago's 2016 bid team is postponing the disclosure of detailed financi...

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Chicago Olympics Bid Dogged By Recession

New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago

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On a recent afternoon, Mayor Richard M. Daley delivered his annual speech on the condition of the city he has run for 20 years. Revenues may fall $250...

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Chicago Olympics Costs To Get Independent Audit

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago

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A well-known British consulting firm has been hired to conduct an independent review of the numbers behind the proposed 2016 Chicago Olympics....

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Daley: Olympics Bid 'Is The Only Economic Engine'

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

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An impassioned Mayor Daley today portrayed the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as the economic salvation for Chicago, but warned that the city just might lo...

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Inspector General Calls For More Transparency On Olympics Bid

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago's inspector general said Monday this corruption-plagued city should turn itself into a model of reform or it could be selected...

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Under Fire, Daley Floats Larger Olympics Taxpayer Insurance Policy

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 07.29.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley said Saturday he wants a deal in which private insurance money would be tapped before public money if an Olympic Games in Chicago suffered...

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Daley Changes Tune On Olympics Funding Guarantee

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

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Facing a credibility problem over his Olympics plans, Mayor Daley sought to assure taxpayers today that the games would not cost them any additional m...

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