Chicagoans For Rio

A story broke on Drudge last night that the local Chicago Fox affiliate has spiked a story about Chicagoans who would rather see the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro rather than their hometown. The local anti-Olympians have their own rather entertaining website.

Olympic Games have very checkered financial histories. The games in Los Angeles were a huge financial success thanks to top-quality management. Atlanta made some money, though a lot of taxpayer money was spent on infrastructure improvements. Salt Lake City would have collapsed completely had it not been for Mitt Romney.

If Chicago gets the games, I've got to believe it will be a huge disaster. Given the incompetent and corrupt political leadership in that town, they'll be lucky if they can pull it off without bankrupting the city.