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Chicago Olympics Opposition

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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No Games Chicago Rallies April 2nd

Tom Tresser | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago

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Tom Tresser

The Olympics are being sold to the people of Chicago with a massive, hype machine-fueled litany of promises and claims.

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Chicago Yachting Association Members Told Not To Speak Out Against Olympics

Chicago Tribune | Laurie Cohen, Kathy Bergen and David Heinzmann | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago

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Lots of boaters are unhappy with plans to use Monroe Harbor as the rowing venue for the 2016 Olympics should Chicago win the Games, but you won't hear...

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"No Games Chicago" Hosts Olympic Sceptic At Public Forum

Tom Tresser | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago

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Chicagoans can look forward to massive city debt, destruction of public parks, insider deals and a full frontal assault on civil liberties if we are awarded the 2016 Olympic Games.

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South And West Side Activists Demand Olympics Voice

CBS 2 | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Community activists and labor groups protested Wednesday morning, demanding a say in Chicago's plans to win the 2016 Summer Olympics....

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Community Groups Demand Voice On Olympics

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

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a coalition of a dozen community groups and labor unions from Chicago's South and West Sides held their second press conference in two weeks near the ...

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