Dear International Olympic Committee One last argument for why Chicago doesn’t need, want, or deserve the games. (10/1/09)

Ready, Set, (Property Tax) Hike How will Daley balance the 2010 budget? Prepare for higher property taxes—but not till after the 2016 Olympics are sited. (9/3/09)

Wanna Buy an Olympics? Why is the mayor’s A team only now hitting the neighborhoods to pitch Chicagoans on the Olympic bid? (7/23/09)

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I Tried I said I’d listen with an open mind when the Chicago 2016 folks explained why Chicago needs the Olympics. But how soon they lost me. (7/9/09)

On the Hook Did Mayor Daley ever really believe the public wouldn’t have to pay for the Olympics? (7/2/09)

Mayor Daley: Big Olympic Spender For the last three years, the mayor’s been insisting he has a magical formula for getting someone else to pay. I told you not to believe him. (6/18/09)

Mayor Daley’s Olympic Promise The Hyde Park Herald asks the question: Is the Olympic community benefits agreement legally binding? (5/11/09)