- News & Features, Politics, Oct 8, 2009
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Lessons From Our Olympic Adventure
Someone stood up to Mayor Daley and lived. Plus: My new BFF Michelle Malkin
- News & Features, Letters, Oct 8, 2009
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Letters & Comments, October 8, 2009
I realize that's it's more arcane IOC politics than anything else that doomed this bid, but at least it doomed it. I just hope this will have some blowback on Daley, both to tarnish his legacy and so we can boot his ass.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 5, 2009
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Moar 2016 post-mortem
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 30, 2009
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Olympic Delegates: Decked Out by Chicago Designers
Local designers have the city's Olympic bid sewn up, with designs for the delegates to Copenhagen.
- News & Features, Letters, Sep 24, 2009
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Letters & Comments, September 24, 2009
"Of course, right after the Olympics you are going to see a drop in tourism—everybody came there DURING the Olympics!! It's the LONG TERM effect that is important."
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 10, 2009
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Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's "Stewardship Report"
A new donor report claims transparency but obscures details on who’s paying for the Olympic bid. And then there's the question of why they're paying.
- News & Features, The Arts, Sep 10, 2009
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Chicago's Olympic Bid: What's In It for the Arts?
Why the city's cultural institutions are lining up behind a bid the people aren't sure they want.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 9, 2009
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There's no "NAY" in "TEAM"
- News & Features, Politics, Sep 3, 2009
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Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike
How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2009
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I do not think that word means what you think it means
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2009
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Is Landmarks Commission Irrelevant?
- News & Features, Politics, Jul 23, 2009
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Wanna Buy an Olympics?
Why is the mayor's A team only now hitting the neighborhoods to pitch Chicagoans on the Olympic bid?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 22, 2009
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6/23 -- Olympic Day celebration
The Chicago 2016 committee holds a free celebration of the obscure holiday Olympic Day on Tuesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 10, 2009
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IOC, are you listening?
From Ben's mouth to the IOC's ear: members of the Olympic committee reportedly promised to read Joravsky's Reader article telling them to take their Games to some other city.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2009
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They got theirs
Aldermen approving a plan to ensure community benefits if Chicago wins the 2016 Olympics have a lot to be thankful for.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 20, 2009
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3/20: What went wrong in Vancouver
Chicago Anarchists screen a documentary on what could go wrong with a bid for the Olympics.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2009
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Olympic March
The opponents to the Olympics plan an April 2 march on City Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 17, 2009
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The dark side of the Vancouver Olympics
A 2007 documentary, The Five Ring Circus, details the high costs to Vancouver of its bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The film screens Friday at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 16, 2009
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Pardon the interruption
The City Council's hearing on TIF transparency is interrupted by demands for a more inclusive Olympics plan.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 13, 2009
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Community benefits
Backed by activists, five aldermen propose a plan to ensure Chicago's Olympics bid yields "community benefits."
