No arguments here. It was a pretty badly titled article, IMO, as well. Should've been titled "Olimpics' impact would have been swell on Chicago"
Who pays for what was interesting tho (wikipedia, not this article). -- It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM, denstar wrote: >> Cool, here's another: >> >> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-olympics-atlanta-21-sep21,0,2542212.story >> >> It's got popups and crap. bleh. Title is: "Olympics' impact on >> Atlanta still subject to debate". > > Pretty superficial and doesn't really say anything negative as far as > I can tell, other than that people couldn't rent their homes while the > Olympics went on and some random street vendors felt ripped off? I > know a ton of folks who took vacations to all sorts of places for two > weeks while renting their homes to Olympic visitors. I think this is > a newspaper seeking a story representing a specific point of view and > the story is pretty weak and lacks specific examples or backup. > > Not to say it was 100% roses and everything went perfectly - it did > not. However, having been born and raised in Atlanta, and having > lived here during the Olympic bid, during the Olympics, and after - I > can tell you it had a very positive impact on the city - despite what > some sour grapes Chicago newspaper may be trying to say. > > -Camero > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
