Posted on 09/03/2009 3:51:37 PM PDT by fiscon1
The Chicago Tribune just conducted a city wide poll regarding the citizen's feelings about the Olympics. The results are interesting.
Support in Chicago for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has dwindled, with residents now sharply divided over whether the city should host the Games, a Tribune/WGN poll has found.
Nearly as many city residents oppose Mayor Richard Daley's Olympic plans, 45 percent, as support them, 47 percent. And residents increasingly and overwhelmingly oppose using tax dollars to cover any financial shortfalls for the Games, with 84 percent disapproving of the use of public money.
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