It has less to do with US immigration policy, than the TV press that Chicago got in the days leading up to the vote... The press showed the citizens of Chicago protesting the bid, saying that Chicago was already deep in debt and asking why the city government could find the money to fund the bid and build process but not to fund schools and police.
Secondly the press emphasized Chicago's crime problems and emphasized school and racial violence showing a video of an 16 year old honor student being beaten to death because he wouldn't join a gang. .... now I don't live in Chicago, so I don't know how this fits into the local Chicago "big picture" but the national TV press portrayed Chicago as broke and crime ridden. They did the same thing to Washington DC when they bid on the 2012 games. It's interesting to note that they did not do it to Los Angeles or Lake Placid... maybe because New York and California are where the TV profits are...? -----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 8:07 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: chicago loses olympic bid That the primary reason for Chicago's loss has been reported to be its draconian border control policies. Duh? Go and ask Slashdot what was their point posting the story given that Chicago just lost the olypmics. I'd love to see the responses to that. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/10/03/1221205/Did-Chicago-Lose-Olympic-Bid -Due-To-US-Passport-Control No really..take a look at the comments.And be sure to ask them what was their point ;-) 2009/10/4 Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > > So what's you point? > > Vivec wrote: > > And one of the primary reasons for Chicago's Loss? > > Draconian border control policies for tourists. > > > >The exchange > > underscores what tourism officials here have been saying for years about > > the sometimes rigorous entry process for foreigners, which they see as a > > deterrent to tourism.' > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305058 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
