Resty did you know that Tom Welch and Dave Johnson who were in charge of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee were eventually acquitted of all criminal charges in December 2003.
Although Salt Lake was not the first city to use creative bid tactics, it was the first to use them to such an extent, as well as the first to get caught. There were also allegations that Atlanta, Nagano, and Sydney had used similar tactics. In 2006, a report ordered by the Nagano region’s governor said the Japanese city provided millions of dollars in an “illegitimate and excessive level of hospitality” to IOC members, including $4.4 million spent on entertainment alone.
Now you must ask yourself, who placed the blame on Salt Lake City and why?
(donning my tinfoil hat)
It is preception so giving the wrong impression it not good so folks require higher standard not business as usual!