Chicago taxpayers increasingly are turning against hosting the 2016 Olympic Games in their city as they become aware of the unlimited financial exposure agreed to by head cheerleader, Mayor Richard M. “Richie” Daley (D). Reportedly, the opposition has grown to the point that the Chicago Olympic Committee asked FOX-TV News Chicago not to run a report about taxpayer opposition to holding the games in Chicago. The station’s news director reportedly ordered his staff to kill the report after the report aired once last Thursday morning.
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2016 CHICAGO OLYMPICS WOULD PUT MILLIONS AT RISK FROM TERRORISTS
Holding the 2016 Olympic Games in Chicago would make Chicago the world’s number one target for terrorists. This is a far greater threat to Illinoisans than the possibility of putting Illinois taxpayers on the hook for $7+ billion dollars, according to Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). Read more →
WITHOUT PROTECTION, CHICAGO OLYMPICS PUTS TAXPAYERS ON HOOK FOR BILLIONS
Without liability protection, a Chicago 2016 Olympics will put Illinois taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars, according to the president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization.
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