Help me out here, folks. I can’t be the only one who thinks bringing the Olympics to Chicago is a bad idea. Patronage will be the only winner. The taxpayer will have a huge burden for years to come, plus ultimately useless buildings, traffic snarls and billions wasted on security. For what? Like who in the international community is even going to come to America by 2016? I’m betting most countries boycott the event to protest our actions. Look at London, their estimate on costs to host 2012 have already tripled! Like we need that. Hello? Terrorists? Over here! Yep. That's all we need: another spoiled politician's son trying to one-up daddy.
I'm having enough problems paying my own gas bill, thank you.
For Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and insurance titan Patrick Ryan, his
chief lieutenant in this effort—two powerhouses with histories of getting what
they want—the outcome will further sculpt personal legacies already shaped by
bold moves.
"This would very much be a capstone to Daley's administration," Chicago historian Perry Duis said. "It may be the first item in biographical sketches. In other words, 'Richard M. Daley, who brought the Olympics to Chicago.' "
"His status would be greater, in the tradition of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and the 1933 World's Fair," said political scientist and former alderman Dick Simpson. "Symbolically, it would put him in the realm of [Chicago visionary architect] Daniel Burnham and others responsible for those events.
"Whether his place in Chicago history would outshine the legacy of his father, the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, remains to be seen, Simpson said.
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