Chicago...

..lost the 2016 Olympics - voted out in the first round.

Why?

Chicago had the "O team" working for it. Mr Big "O", Mrs Big "O", and The "O" herself. According to Mrs "O" both she and the "O" sacrificed greatly to go to Denmark to win the Games for the city.

How did they lose in the first round?

How did the "O" Team lose so badly?

Perhaps it was the pressure from the "O" Team that turned off the selection committee.

Or could it be the growing lousy reputation of the city itself with its myriad problems: crime, corruption on a grand scale matching and even surpassing 3rd World corruption, the city's financial problems, a poor presentation, or a combination of everything.

My contact in Chicago tells me that more than half the city's people opposed the bid and they rejoiced in the early ouster of Chicago. These folks are wise. They knew they would be forced to pay up for the Games, to suffer higher taxes, and to endure eminent domain fights.

The only folks who stood to gain from the Games were the politically connected; the slums lords tied to the Daly machine and to Obama's election campaign and administration.

Yep, they thought they had found a way to make billions and pass millions off to the crooked politicians; local, state, and higher.

The Games go to Rio. Let them deal with their crooked politicians and save us from that ordeal.

We have enough rotten politicians to deal with here.