What do you think about the article, “According to the Chicago Tribune, Mayor Daley has at first not …”?
As I look at the emotional wreckage that is Chicago’s stunning loss of the 2016 Olympics, and with Madrid and Rio remaining in the IOC vote competition, the remains reveal that Chicago politics and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Jr.’s remarks which led to a skirmish with Rio, may have been the factors behind Chicago’s first round ballot loss. According to the Chicago Tribune, Mayor Daley has at first not promised the blanket financial guarantee the IOC wanted, then did a reverse and made such a promise, and the got Chicago alderman to vote for it 46 to 0. But knowing this game bids issue as I personally do, I really don’t think that was the problem. My gut tells me it was the story of Mayor Daley’s comments regarding Rio’s bid that were taken as an insult by Brazil. According to GameBids.com, the IOC has a rule against rival bidders making derogatory comments about Olympic bids. GameBid reports: Daley was reported to have said last week tha
As I look at the emotional wreckage that is Chicago’s stunning loss of the 2016 Olympics, and with Madrid and Rio remaining in the IOC vote competition, the remains reveal that Chicago politics and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Jr.’s remarks which led to a skirmish with Rio, may have been the factors behind Chicago’s first round ballot loss. According to the Chicago Tribune, Mayor Daley has at first not promised the blanket financial guarantee the IOC wanted, then did a reverse and made such a promise, and the got Chicago alderman to vote for it 46 to 0. But knowing this game bids issue as I personally do, I really don’t think that was the problem. My gut tells me it was the story of Mayor Daley’s comments regarding Rio’s bid that were taken as an insult by Brazil.
