Daley: Olympics Bid 'Is The Only Economic Engine'

suntimes.com - 19 weeks ago - 140 views

An impassioned Mayor Daley today portrayed the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as the economic salvation for Chicago, but warned that the city just might lose the Olympic sweepstakes "if people keep throwing darts."

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by kristenthometz 19 weeks 5 days ago

Daley promises jobs will be created, but who will be "qualified" to get them?

But the first member of the audience to pose a question, union carpenter Jeff Nolan, asked whether the average Chicagoan who lacks political connections can expect to get an Olympic job.

"Can you look me in the eye right now and say that anyone like myself, or anybody else in this crowd, has a fair shake at any one of these jobs," Nolan asked.

From: http://www.wbbm780.com/Chicago-2016-starts-wooing-regular-folks-on-Olymp...

by Nelson 19 weeks 5 days ago

How can Daley think that Olympics are still that great for us financially? London is bleeding money and had to more than triple their initial budget to accommodate the economy and demand for facilities for the Olympics there in 2012. If we triple our budget to $14 billion or so, how can we expect to recover when we have already lost so many investors that went under due to economic troubles?

We can't even recover $420 million of debt, the state is releasing prisoners to save $125 million and all you hear about are job cuts in the news now. But hey, at least jobs may be coming in the next few years if we do get the Olympics...