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Scale of 1 to 10: If Chicago gets Olympics, how corrupt will the money management be?

I mean Chicago is the corrupt politics capital of the United States. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090930/us_time/08599192688500;_ylt=AgnZ_3lGKTMPU8.l_l6LvvSMwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTE2MmthNGMxBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bi1yLWItbGVmdARzbGsDZXYtb2JhbWEmIzM5 On Monday, Gibbs said that Obama is confident that the city of Chicago, which has been plagued by what prosecutors have described as a "pay to play" culture, can responsibly oversee the multi-billion dollar building project. "Not only is he, but [so] is the U.S. Olympic Committee that picked Chicago over [other] cities," Gibbs said. (See highs and lows from the 2008 Beijing Games.) Under the plan put forward by the Chicago 2016 committee, as described in a report by L.E.K. Consulting, the City Council would play a major role in making sure the billions of dollars for new Olympic facilities are spent appropriately. This may be an ambitious goal; since 1971, 30 members of the Chicago City council have been sent to jail, largely as a result of various corruption investigations. In a sign of the incestuous nature of Chicago politics, L.E.K - which concluded that taxpayers would be mostly protected under the Olympic plan - disclosed in its report that it is currently seeking a major city contract for concessions at O'Hare International Airport. (Any potential conflict was dismissed as irrelevant by the Civic Federation, which requested the report.) "Historically, the City Council hasn't had a great record of transparency," says Valerie Leonard, a community activist in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, which would host cycling events if Chicago wins the bid. "I don't have confidence that's going to change." The larger Chicago 2016 advisory committee - which has hundreds of members, including celebrities like Michael Jordan - is also populated with a number of close friends and major supporters of Obama's presidential campaign. The personal friends include Eric Whitaker, who works at the University of Chicago Hospitals, Michelle Obama's former employer, and who has been a frequent visitor at the White House. The group also includes several members of two of Chicago's wealthiest and most supportive families, the Pritzkers, heirs to the Hyatt hotel empire, and the Crowns, heirs to the General Dynamics company. Both families were early supporters of Obama's political career. The City Council and the bid committee have so far rebuffed efforts to require the Olympic committee's work to be subject to freedom of information requests, according to the University of Chicago's Sanderson. Nor has there been any action on Sanderson's proposal to ban members of the advisory committee from seeking Olympic contracts. One bid committee member, Michael Scott, has served as a consultant for one of the developers vying to build the $1.2 billion Olympic village. Scott has also consulted on a condominium project near the proposed location of the village, though he has denied to the Chicago Tribune any conflict of interest or financial gain. sadcat............yes republicans are corrupt too.

Public Comments

1. The corruption level will be at 11, because that is how corrupt they are... they had to steal an extra 1, those greedy bastards...
2. 10+5
3. As corrupt as the rest of the $ floating around the Gov.
4. No worries, buddy. We, at the Federal Reserve, have an unlimited amount of money, as though it grew on trees! Ahh, so that's why we have branches. DING DING DING! LOL!
5. Probably a lot less corrupt than the management of the money for the Salt Lake City games in 2002. Representatives of that good Republican city offered bribes in order to get their city chosen. Remember that? Charges were actually filed against two Salt Lake City residents who bribed IOC officials. But--surprise, surprise--the Bush Department of Justice couldn't make the case, and the men were eventually acquitted. Remember that?
6. I'm sure Valerie Jarret and Tony Rezko will see that everything is done honestly.
7. about 10,000 as that is the way of Chicago land
8. If one would believe Beck very corrupt. Forgetting that, I personally think the city is much to violent to host thousands and thousands of visitors, besides Chicago is bankrupt it can not afford the expense Are American tax payers to be called on to foot the bill for the Olympic games so Obama can pay his dues to the power brokers who got him elected?