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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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Tom Tresser, No Games Chicago Founder, Plans Cook County Board President Run

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Todd Stroger, Cook County Board President Race, No Games Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Tom Tresser, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

The man who helped thwart President Obama, Mayor Daley and the rest of Chicago's powerful Olympics proponents is setting his sights on a potentially t...

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What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, No Games Tokyo, Jacque Rogge, International Olympic Committee, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Obama Copenhagen, Ioc, Pat Ryan, Olympics, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

We had penetrated the multiple rings of security, outfaced the bureaucracy of the International Olympic Committee and stood our ground to deliver information that the mayor, the 2016 Committee and the entire business elite of Chicago didn't want to see and didn't want to acknowledge.

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Obama Will Also Lose the Afghani Olympics

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama, Chicago, Ioc, Vietnam War, Olympics, Foreign Affairs, No Games Chicago, Cuba, World News
Harvey Wasserman

Team Obama needs -- as the International Olympics Committee has just done -- to be continually reminded that the rest of the world is not an American kick ball.

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Chicago Olympics Bid Brings Protests, Opposition (PHOTOS)

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 10.01.2009 | 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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Obama's Olympic Error

Dave Zirin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Michelle Obama, Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago Olympics Protest, Chicago City Hall, International Olympic Committee, Washington Park, Mayor Daley, g20 Pittsburgh, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Dave Zirin

The very idea that Chicago could be the setting for the Olympics might have been hatched by Jon Stewart for a four-year supply of comedic fodder.

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Why We're in Copenhagen (Meeting the IOC, Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Olmypic Protest, Chicago 2016, Lori Healey, Chicago Olympic Village, Michael Reese Hospital, Mayor Daley, Ioc Vote, 2016 Olympics, Olympics, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

The purpose of No Games Chicago's trip is to take a simple message to the members of the IOC -- the people of Chicago do not want the 2016 Olympics.

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What Happened in Switzerland (When We Met the IOC)

Tom Tresser | Posted 09.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Lori Healy, Olympic Protests, Chicago 2016, Ioc, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Costs, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

'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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Chicago Olympics Activists Take Protest To IOC In Switzerland

AP | GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 07.17.2009 | Chicago

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group opposing Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games took its case to International Olympic Committee headquarte...

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Why I'm in Switzerland (Trying to Meet the IOC)

Tom Tresser | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Protect Our Parks, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, No Games Chicago Switzerland, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Sports, Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Costs, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

As far as we know, no other group of citizens has taken this journey to Switzerland and the heart of the Olympic movement to present their protests directly to the IOC in defiance of the leaders of their city's bid apparatus.

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No Games Chicago Rallies April 2nd

Tom Tresser | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics Opposition, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Olympics, Olympics Cost Overruns, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympics Costs, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News
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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Anti-Olympics Protest Planned During Evaluation Visit

AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago

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Opponents of the city of Chicago's efforts to land the 2016 Olympic Games say they will hold a rally on the day international Olympics officials visit...

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