Chicago Tribune Editorial | Toward an Honest City Hall
TOWARD AN HONEST CITY HALLChicago Tribune Editorial March 22, 2007 Wednesday's agreement on a new protocol for enforcing rules against illicit patronage hiring and promotion at City Hall is an upbeat...
View ArticleKing Daley Forced to Issue Order Banning Patronage
City agrees to ban patronage$12 million fund would pay victims of job biasBy Dan Mihalopoulos and Todd Lighty, Tribune staff reporters; Tribune staff reporter Mickey Ciokajlo contributed to this...
View ArticleChicago Tribune | Another Daley Aide Indicted By Feds
EX-DALEY AIDE INDICTED BY FEDSChicago Tribune Staff Reports March 22, 2007, 2:39 PM CDT The U.S. attorney's office announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted former Chicago Streets and...
View ArticlePolice Brutality Under Daley | Can't Have This Type of Thing in Chicago
The protesters that voiced concern about how the Daley regime has looked the other way about police torture and brutality cases may have a point based upon the recent bar beating incident of a woman by...
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Chicago's Transit System On the Brink Under Daley Management
The enclosed New York Times article should be a very important wake-up call to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) before they proceed with a bid that has Mayor Richard Daley and the City of Chicago in...
View ArticleCity Council Video Excerpt | Don't Show This to the USOC!
At the Chicago City Council meeting to discuss the "sudden" $500 million financial guarantee the Daley administration pretended to be surprised about, there were voices of protest, but the public...
View Article2016 Video Games | Los Angeles vs. Chicago
Most experts have given LA the edge for creativity when it comes to the bid videos. The City of Chicago's marketing mayoral aide in charge of hiding the financial guarantee guy and gay activist,...
View ArticleChicago Police Scandals Get Worse
See inside for more on this Chicago Tribune story, but aside from the obvious misconduct and mishandling by the Daley regime, we found it interesting to see the tactics being used to intimidate...
View ArticleOpinion | Games Plan Tough to Follow
Chicago Tribune - OpinionsBy Dennis Byrne, a Chicago-area writer and consultant March 26, 2007 Hey, wait a minute. I thought that Mayor Richard M. Daley said holding the 2016 Olympics in Chicago...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Nothing
The article below is much ado about nothing. There are certainly several factors that give one city an edge over another, but both Chicago and Los Angeles are great potential Olympic hosts and there...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Something
Anytime you can upgrade or invest venues, that can only help. In this case, the Los Angeles bid benefits from the announcement below.--- March 27, 2007Chicago Tribune Los Angeles is embarking on an...
View ArticleEx-top Daley Aide Pleads in Fraud Charges
While the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) may or may not understand the depth of the ongoing corruption investigation into Chicago Mayor Daley's administration, most people in Chicago understand the Feds...
View ArticleDaley Manipulates City Council Races with Cash
For those not familiar with how Chicago politics work, there are various ways to get your way. As mayor, Richard Daley has exerted control over the city council. This time, he's using the method of...
View ArticleLos Angeles + Las Vegas = Tourism Clout
According to GamesBids.com:Organizers of Los Angeles 2016 joined Tuesday with Las Vegas civic leaders to detail the role of the city and Sam Boyd Stadium in its bid to become the U.S. candidate for the...
View ArticleLawyers Seek to Question Daley on Torture Scandals | Daley is Busy on Vacation
We thought this story was particularly interesting considering how "busy" Mayor Richard Daley has been the last two weeks on vacation in places like Ireland while the City of Chicago has had national...
View ArticleLondon Costs Continue to Soar | More than Double
London 2012 costs continue to soar and the government has revised its budget to reflect the increase. It went from 4 billion (pounds) to more than 9 billion (pounds).See inside for more...
View ArticleLos Angeles 2016 Predicts $7 Billion Economic Impact
The potential economic impact of a 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles would top $7 billion according to a study commissioned by the Southern California Committee for the Olympic...
View ArticleLos Angeles Gets Financial Guarantee | Daley Created Financial Risk
Los Angeles 2016 got their own financial guarantee from the State of California for $250 million.At first glance, people in Chicago must be wondering "hey, how come we had to come up with $500...
View ArticleDaley Throws Police Chief Under the Bus; What Did the Mayor Know and When Did...
In a classic situation of damage control and finding the fall guy for scandals that were meticulously supposed to be kept quiet until after the election and Olympic bid, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley...
View ArticleABC7 I-Team Exposes Daley Administration Incompetence, Negligence and Lies
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Chicago was one of the worst prepared when it came to emergency communications and being prepared for disasters.Like many issues, this goes to the heart of...
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