Chicago’s Olympic failure is a win for taxpayers

Many in Chicago are breathing a sigh of relief. Chicago’s bid for the Olympics fell flat, as the city was eliminated in the first round of deliberations.

While some see it as a missed opportunity, Chicagoans see it as justice served.

To begin with, President Obama’s lobbying on Chicago’s behalf for the Olympics at Chicago bothered many. The saw his efforts as poor prioritizing by the president, and now see it as a waste of time.

Taxpayers, annoyed with Chicago as it is, also saw that winning the bid to host the Olympics would have been a reward for Chicago’s corruption.

To top it all off, members of Mayor Daley’s Chicago Olympic Bid Team were making as much as $300,000. All at the taxpayer’s expense.

It’s no wonder that no one took Daley’s message seriously that Chicago taxpayers wouldn’t be burdened by the games.

So while Chicago may have lost the bid for the Olympics, Chicago taxpayers are calling it a win.