Analysis: Daley's big game: All or nothing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: News
Analysis: Daley's big game: All or nothing :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: News
I wonder if any of this matters for the 2016. On one hand there are tons of problems, but every cty at this stage of the game has problems. What does the IOC want? Back in the day, the voters wanted massages, jobs for relatives, and cash. They supposedly cleaned it up, but I'm not so sure. It still seems like a European Boys club to me. They represent the world like the color black represents a choice for Model Ts.
Anyways, it's still going to be about cash, but this time maybe TV money from NBC Universal? The times would be convenient for the East Coast viewing if they were here or Rio. Madrid would be following right on the heels of London. Tokyo would have to do some serious scheduling contortions to get live on East Coast primetime. It would be similar to what they did in Beijing. The other thing is that it hasn't been in the Western Hemisphere since 1996 Atlanta.
It will be very expensive and the tax payers of Chicago and Cook County will be on the hook. The plan's current price tag is seriously unrealistic. The security stuff seems nice but counts 8,200 retired police officers in the total number of security personnel? I don't know about you, but 83 year old retired police officers don't put me at ease when managing crowds.
So as my old Poli Sci teacher used to write on his exams, "So what?" Chicago does have a good chance to get the Olympics. If we get them it will cost us a lot of money, time, and energy focused on something that will last a couple of weeks. If we lose we get an angry mayor and save at least $5 trillion. I don't think it's a tough trade off.
I wonder if any of this matters for the 2016. On one hand there are tons of problems, but every cty at this stage of the game has problems. What does the IOC want? Back in the day, the voters wanted massages, jobs for relatives, and cash. They supposedly cleaned it up, but I'm not so sure. It still seems like a European Boys club to me. They represent the world like the color black represents a choice for Model Ts.
Anyways, it's still going to be about cash, but this time maybe TV money from NBC Universal? The times would be convenient for the East Coast viewing if they were here or Rio. Madrid would be following right on the heels of London. Tokyo would have to do some serious scheduling contortions to get live on East Coast primetime. It would be similar to what they did in Beijing. The other thing is that it hasn't been in the Western Hemisphere since 1996 Atlanta.
It will be very expensive and the tax payers of Chicago and Cook County will be on the hook. The plan's current price tag is seriously unrealistic. The security stuff seems nice but counts 8,200 retired police officers in the total number of security personnel? I don't know about you, but 83 year old retired police officers don't put me at ease when managing crowds.
So as my old Poli Sci teacher used to write on his exams, "So what?" Chicago does have a good chance to get the Olympics. If we get them it will cost us a lot of money, time, and energy focused on something that will last a couple of weeks. If we lose we get an angry mayor and save at least $5 trillion. I don't think it's a tough trade off.
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