Mar 24 2009
4th out of 4!
I may have spoken too soon or too late.
It appears that Chicago is at the bottom of the list of the four likely hosts of the 2016 Olympics. To some, that is good news. That would mean, ostensibly, that there are no more excuses for needlessly and riskily wasting lavish swashes of limited funds on a temporary sporting event seven years removed from us. It would mean that there is no more justification for displacement of entire populations (which is just unheard of in Chicago. Right? Right?). That maybe sports inside Chicago schools can actually get some well-needed funds.
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The bad news is that that bit of good news isn’t so good. Turns out that the difference between all three candidates in this poll is only three points, and that the competition is so stiff, that “first place could end up last place and last place first place.” So, in other words, there’s even more reason to ratchet up the heat in City Hall. And maybe Daley will use this as leverage to convince President Obama to help support and fund these games.
What a tangled, effing web.
* Chicago Skyline at Night - Sept 3, 2008 by –Mike– via Flickr
I live in a former Olympic host city. Having been to Chicago many a time, I can’t imagine that they would try to pull this off there.
Perhaps they’ll pull a Denver. They’ll get selected, then realize just what they were getting themselves into, and pull themselves out.
i was not aware that Denver pulled out of the Olympics, OWM. that’s pretty optimistic news for me.