““There are a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials”.
Whatever else you can say about the guy, please. He was sitting as a guy with Olympic experience, being asked about how it looked like London was doing. Anyone who reads the news would express the same concerns. And it was done in a polite matter of fact manner, not rudely. Pleanty of things not to like Romney for, but this ain’t it.
Did Willie tell them he spent $1.3 BILLION of the American taxpayers money in 2002 in his attempt to “save” the Olympics in SLC ???
50% again on top of what it was going to cost before he left his coworkers at Bain in the lurch and walked out on them in 1999 and went and muscled into running the Olympics...
Most of the money wasnt spent on the Olympics...
From the Congressional Record:
Senator McCain on the GAO Report
On Sept. 19, 2000, Sen. McCain, speaking in opposition to the Conference Report on the 2001 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill advised the Senate of details from the GAO’s report. As recorded in the Congressional Record, Sen. McCain stated,
“The GAO now determines that $1.3 billion—and some of those I will read: $974,000 for the Utah State Olympic Public Safety Command; $5 million for the Utah Communications Agency Network; $3 million to Olympic Regional Development Authority, upgrades at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex; $2.5 million, Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities; $2.5 million, Salt Lake City Olympics regional park-and-ride lots; $500,000, Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan, and on and on; $925,000 to allow the Utah State Olympic Public Safety Command to continue to develop and support a public safety program for the 2002 Winter Olympics; $1 million for the 2002 Winter Olympics security training; $2.2 million for the Charleston Water Conservancy District, UT, to meet sewer infrastructure needs associated with the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. What the Olympic games supposedly hosted and funded by Salt Lake City, which began in corruption and bribery, has now turned into is an incredible pork-barrel project for Salt Lake City and its environs.” — Sen. John McCain in the United States Senate, Sept. 19, 2000 - [Page S8731-S8748 - Congressional Record.]
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