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According to a Chicago Tribune report, Douglas Smith, a central Chicago 2016 bid committee member, stepped down earlier today. Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky said Smith took a “senior position” with public relations firm Hill and Knowlton “and will continue to have a role with the bid.” More on this later, perhaps. [ READ MORE ]
Just read an interesting piece on the Chicago 2016 bid in In These Times. Mischa Gaus, a Chicago-based writer, wrote “The Olympic Hustle,” a piece about what the Games could do to the city. He highlights it with a bit of history about what previous Olympics have done to its host cities. It’s an [ READ MORE ]
Ben Bradley, the ABC 7 Chicago reporter covering the Chicago 2016 bid, is blogging about the Games! While he doesn’t offer regular updates (the last post is from May 30) what he does offer is a bona-fide press credential. And he’s pretty candid on his blog, too. About his experiences covering the 2007 Pan [ READ MORE ]
With the Chicago 2016 bid on the table, city officials are sitting down to hammer out a long-term contract with 6,000 city workers in several unions, including city electricians and truck drivers, reports Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business. The contract – which is rumored to last for 10 years – would be unprecedented, as three-year [ READ MORE ]
Not to be an alarmist, but ABC7Chicago.com released a story detailing the millions of people who have been displaced over the last several decades. Why? Because the Olympics came to their town. Kudos to reporter Ben Bradley for bringing this story to light. He doesn’t pull any punches, either. He begins: “As [ READ MORE ]
It’s nice that the Chicago 2016 bid is getting some national press. But if you read today’s Bloomberg piece on the bid, you can plainly see its one-sided nature. Now I’m no rabble-rouser, but I’d like to see a dissenting voice or two. What do you think? [ READ MORE ]
Now it’s Tokyo’s turn. Yesterday, JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara both submitted letters of intent to IOC President Jacques Rogge, the first formal step in the bid process for the 2016 Olympics. With Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and now Tokyo as competition, Chicago’s chances of hosting the games may be looking even slimmer. [ READ MORE ]
A large tract of land on Chicago’s South Side is up for review by. the city’s Department of Planning and Development. The land, a 530 acre space that runs from 79th to 91st street near Lake Michigan, is where the old U.S. Steel Corp. South Works plant once stood, and it’s now the site for a [ READ MORE ]
This cost $796,000? My dog could have designed something better than that. Seriously. And who thinks the new logo looks like a jigsaw puzzle? But, for some reason, it’s the best London 2012 planners could come up with. Where did this design come from, anyway? “The new emblem is dynamic, modern and flexible, [ READ MORE ]
The cost of securing an Olympics can get pretty high, I’d imagine. But, reports Kathy Bergen of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago’s bill may be a bit less than that of other cities. “You have a well-developed infrastructure already in place in Chicago, unlike in Athens, which was building as it was going, slapping paint on [ READ MORE ]