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Daley: No Political Cost For Olympics Failure

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley today said he doesn't think the city's Olympic bid defeat will have any impact on his popularity and that he hasn't decided yet wh...

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Olympics Loss Puts Daley On Defensive And Chicago Plans In Limbo

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Chicago's dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amoun...

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Daley Slams Media, Ducks Questions At Final Olympics Rally Before Copenhagen

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley today sought one more time to rally the city behind the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics before heading to Copenhagen for next wee...

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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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Daley 'Getting More Confident' Chicago Will Land 2016 Olympics

Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley today said he was "getting more confident" that Chicago will be chosen host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics when international o...

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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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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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Daley Insists No City Tax Money For Olympics

Chicago Tribune | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.10.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard Daley today insisted that no tax money would be used to pay for the city to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and said funding from the...

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Will Obama's Support For Chicago Olympics Hurt Him?

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

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Last month president-elect Barack Obama vowed to end the old system of awarding federal goodies to friends. But I'm not sure the call for productive ...

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Obama Makes Video Pitch For Chicago Olympics

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Chicago presented its 2016 Olympics bid to a key international audience Friday with a powerful endorsement from its highest-p...

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Obama Records Chicago Olympics Message

Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago

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President-elect Barack Obama has recorded a message on behalf of Chicago's Olympic bid, ABC 7 reports: Obama's message will be played at an importa...

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The Public Cost Of A Chicago Olympics

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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The big news from Tuesday's mayoral budget hearing is that the Olympics are back to being free. That's right: building, staging, and removing the ven...

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