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The story of the No Games Chicago Campaign

As told by Tom Tresser, No Games co-organizer, web master, spokesperson.
In Chicago, in 2008, it was the
2016 bid all the time.
Everywhere.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
Pat Ryan Chairman of the 2016 Bid Committee, retired CEO of AON Insurance.
Mayor Richard M.
Daley, who, in 2008
had been office for
18 years and had
never lost a vote or a
fight.
Lori Healy,
President of
the 2016
Committee,
former Daley
Chief of Staff
Governor Rod
Blagojevich, elected to
second term of office in
2006 in a landslide victory.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
No Games Chicago




•   Diverse group social justice activists
•   North side, south side, west side
•   All volunteers
•   Not funded by anyone or any group
•   First event public forum @ UIC Jan 31
    attended by 250
Why we opposed the games
• They would’ve bankrupted the city
• They would’ve destroyed public
  parks
• They would’ve displaced poor and
  working class families from
  neighborhoods next to venue sites
• They would’ve provided tens of
  millions of dollar to the Machine’s
  political coffers. Result: destruction
  of independent politics.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
THE GAMES ALWAYS MAKE MONEY…FOR THE IOC, FOR
CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, FOR CONSULTANTS, FOR
CORPORATE SPONSORS…
“Financing is the biggest obstacle,”
said Jerry Karlik, a principal at Kargil
Development, which has done
projects in the South Loop and
responded to a bid committee request
for expressions of interest in the
Olympic Village earlier this year.
“There’s going to have to be some
sort of assistance: guarantees, tax
credits or something.

Mr. Karlik, who attended the
luncheon, said he figures lenders
today won’t finance more than 60% to
70% of a project, compared with 80%
to 90% before the recession.
“Someone’s going to have to come to
the table to fill the void,” he said.”
May 13, 2009
THIS WAS GIVEN TO ALDERMEN IN SECRET BRIEFINGS




BUT… WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTING FOR:
• $86 MILLION TO BUY HOSPITAL SITE?
• TENS OF MILLIONS TO CLEAN UP HOSPITAL SITE?
• $100 MILLION T.I.F. FOR VILLAGE
• $35 MILLION FROM PARK DISTRICT FOR 2 VENUES?
• LOST REVENUES FROM LOSS OF 1,600 BOAT SLIPS FOR 3 YEARS+?
• LOST REVENUES SUCKED UP BY 2 DEDICATED T.I.F.s?
• REPLACING SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED?
• BILLIONS FOR SECURITY?
Don’t believe their numbers…
• Vancouver athlete’s village
  cost up to almost $1 billion
  NOW for 1,100 units
• BUT 2016’s village for 7,000+
  units that won’t even break
  ground until YEARS from
  now is ALSO budgeted
  at $1 billion
VANCOUVER’S BOND RATING LOWERED,
CITY FACING BANKRUPCY.
MAYOR CALLS
OLYMPIC VILLAGE A
“$1 BILLION
BOONDOOGLE THAT
VANCOUVER
TAXPAYERS ARE
STUCK WITH!”




  Watch the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlzsyNh6pk
Watch Francesca tell the truth…
WHEN YOU COOK THE BOOKS, HIDE
EXPENSES AND INVENT PROFIT,
THAT’S CALLED ENRON ACCOUNTING.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
January 31, 2009 – University of Illinois, Chicago
Dr. Chris Shaw, leader of Vancouver Olympic
Opposition, author of “Five Ring Circus”
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
SUMMER 2009
THE MAYOR DEMANDS THE
 2016 COMMITTEE GO INTO
    THE COMMUNITY…
 “50 WARDS IN 50 DAYS”
Sept 29 Anti-Bid Rally at City Hall
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
Watch brief news clip from ABC News Chicago.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
NO PRINT COVERAGE OF NO GAMES IN
   CHICAGO DAILY NEWSPAPERS!
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
YOU WILL NEVER
                GUESS WHO
             MARTIN RAN INTO
             LAUSANNE IN OUR
               HOTEL LOBBY!




“I’m from the South Side…”
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
USED IN EVENING NEWS THAT NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES!
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
POST CARD MAILED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE
IOC IN SEPTEMBER AND HAND DELIVERED IN
COPENHAGEN.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The challenge – to deliver our materials
to the IOC directly.
The obstacle – tight security everywhere,
including the Danish army, Copenhagen
police, the Secret Service and the 2016
Committee’s own private security detail
from Chicago!
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
D e live re d to
  ioc 9/ 09
          30/




LEAGUE OF WOMEN
 VOTERS OPPOSES
   BID – OP ED
PUBLISHED SEPT.20
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
D e live re d to
ioc 9/ 09
        30/
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
OH, AND MARTIN MET HIS IDOL, PELE!
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
PLAY THE SOUND CLIP!
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
CHICAGO 2016 RAISED
 ABOUT $90 MILLION.


CHICAGO RECEIVED
    18 VOTES.
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
THAT’S ABOUT $5 MILLION
       PER VOTE.


 EXPENSIVE, EVEN FOR
 CHICAGO’S MACHINE.
IMAGINE WHAT WE
COULD’VE DONE WITH
$90 MILLION IN THOSE
    HARD TIMES!
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-558211/London-2012-cost-20billion--TEN-times-original-budget-ex-Olympics-chief-pr
The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
          CHANGE AGENTS

• Smart strategy = target the
  decision makers, the IOC
 • It was an election we had to
   win
 • Ignore Chicago City Council
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
          CHANGE AGENTS

• Tight message = “Games
  wrong project for wrong
  place, wrong time.”
 • Recruited, trained diverse
   crew of spokespeople
 • Message discipline
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
          CHANGE AGENTS

• Excellent research to back
  up message = Book of
  Evidence
• Bold tactics to deliver
  message – Go to
  Switzerland & Denmark
FEBRUARY TRIBUNE POLL SHOWED 67% FOR OLYMPICS.
EIGHT MONTHS LATER – ONLY 47% SUPORT.
NO GAMES WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF OPPOSITION.
THE MORE PEOPLE FOUND OUT, THE LESS THEY SUPPORTED THE BID.
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
          CHANGE AGENTS

• Mixed tactics = Street
  protests + community
  meetings + Internet &
  social media
• Kept up the heat, exposed
  lies, gained credibility
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
          CHANGE AGENTS

• Lack of support from
  traditional nonprofits,
  elected leaders, academic
  centers
• Hard to raise $
• Personal sacrifice
LESSONS FOR SOCIAL
     CHANGE AGENTS


   YOU CAN
FIGHT CITY HALL
   AND WIN.
Lessons Un-learned
• Grassroots vision of local
  prosperity
• Privatization
• Corruption and insider deals
• Death of democracy/civic
  discourse in Chicago
• Who is watching out for us?
• Build winning coalition for 2014…
Tom Tresser
            312-804-3230
          tom@tresser.com
              @tomsee
          www.tresser.com
  Materials for community organizing
                 online @
http://tinyurl.com/OrganizingResources

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The No Games Chicago Story - Occupy Midwest

  • 1. The story of the No Games Chicago Campaign As told by Tom Tresser, No Games co-organizer, web master, spokesperson.
  • 2. In Chicago, in 2008, it was the 2016 bid all the time. Everywhere.
  • 8. Pat Ryan Chairman of the 2016 Bid Committee, retired CEO of AON Insurance.
  • 9. Mayor Richard M. Daley, who, in 2008 had been office for 18 years and had never lost a vote or a fight.
  • 10. Lori Healy, President of the 2016 Committee, former Daley Chief of Staff
  • 11. Governor Rod Blagojevich, elected to second term of office in 2006 in a landslide victory.
  • 16. No Games Chicago • Diverse group social justice activists • North side, south side, west side • All volunteers • Not funded by anyone or any group • First event public forum @ UIC Jan 31 attended by 250
  • 17. Why we opposed the games • They would’ve bankrupted the city • They would’ve destroyed public parks • They would’ve displaced poor and working class families from neighborhoods next to venue sites • They would’ve provided tens of millions of dollar to the Machine’s political coffers. Result: destruction of independent politics.
  • 20. THE GAMES ALWAYS MAKE MONEY…FOR THE IOC, FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, FOR CONSULTANTS, FOR CORPORATE SPONSORS…
  • 21. “Financing is the biggest obstacle,” said Jerry Karlik, a principal at Kargil Development, which has done projects in the South Loop and responded to a bid committee request for expressions of interest in the Olympic Village earlier this year. “There’s going to have to be some sort of assistance: guarantees, tax credits or something. Mr. Karlik, who attended the luncheon, said he figures lenders today won’t finance more than 60% to 70% of a project, compared with 80% to 90% before the recession. “Someone’s going to have to come to the table to fill the void,” he said.” May 13, 2009
  • 22. THIS WAS GIVEN TO ALDERMEN IN SECRET BRIEFINGS BUT… WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTING FOR: • $86 MILLION TO BUY HOSPITAL SITE? • TENS OF MILLIONS TO CLEAN UP HOSPITAL SITE? • $100 MILLION T.I.F. FOR VILLAGE • $35 MILLION FROM PARK DISTRICT FOR 2 VENUES? • LOST REVENUES FROM LOSS OF 1,600 BOAT SLIPS FOR 3 YEARS+? • LOST REVENUES SUCKED UP BY 2 DEDICATED T.I.F.s? • REPLACING SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED? • BILLIONS FOR SECURITY?
  • 23. Don’t believe their numbers… • Vancouver athlete’s village cost up to almost $1 billion NOW for 1,100 units • BUT 2016’s village for 7,000+ units that won’t even break ground until YEARS from now is ALSO budgeted at $1 billion
  • 24. VANCOUVER’S BOND RATING LOWERED, CITY FACING BANKRUPCY.
  • 25. MAYOR CALLS OLYMPIC VILLAGE A “$1 BILLION BOONDOOGLE THAT VANCOUVER TAXPAYERS ARE STUCK WITH!” Watch the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MlzsyNh6pk
  • 26. Watch Francesca tell the truth…
  • 27. WHEN YOU COOK THE BOOKS, HIDE EXPENSES AND INVENT PROFIT, THAT’S CALLED ENRON ACCOUNTING.
  • 29. January 31, 2009 – University of Illinois, Chicago
  • 30. Dr. Chris Shaw, leader of Vancouver Olympic Opposition, author of “Five Ring Circus”
  • 38. SUMMER 2009 THE MAYOR DEMANDS THE 2016 COMMITTEE GO INTO THE COMMUNITY… “50 WARDS IN 50 DAYS”
  • 39. Sept 29 Anti-Bid Rally at City Hall
  • 51. Watch brief news clip from ABC News Chicago.
  • 54. NO PRINT COVERAGE OF NO GAMES IN CHICAGO DAILY NEWSPAPERS!
  • 58. YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO MARTIN RAN INTO LAUSANNE IN OUR HOTEL LOBBY! “I’m from the South Side…”
  • 60. USED IN EVENING NEWS THAT NIGHT SEVERAL TIMES!
  • 63. POST CARD MAILED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE IOC IN SEPTEMBER AND HAND DELIVERED IN COPENHAGEN.
  • 67. The challenge – to deliver our materials to the IOC directly. The obstacle – tight security everywhere, including the Danish army, Copenhagen police, the Secret Service and the 2016 Committee’s own private security detail from Chicago!
  • 68. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 69. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 70. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 71. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/ LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OPPOSES BID – OP ED PUBLISHED SEPT.20
  • 72. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 73. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 74. D e live re d to ioc 9/ 09 30/
  • 76. OH, AND MARTIN MET HIS IDOL, PELE!
  • 85. PLAY THE SOUND CLIP!
  • 94. CHICAGO 2016 RAISED ABOUT $90 MILLION. CHICAGO RECEIVED 18 VOTES.
  • 96. THAT’S ABOUT $5 MILLION PER VOTE. EXPENSIVE, EVEN FOR CHICAGO’S MACHINE.
  • 97. IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD’VE DONE WITH $90 MILLION IN THOSE HARD TIMES!
  • 104. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS
  • 105. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS • Smart strategy = target the decision makers, the IOC • It was an election we had to win • Ignore Chicago City Council
  • 106. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS • Tight message = “Games wrong project for wrong place, wrong time.” • Recruited, trained diverse crew of spokespeople • Message discipline
  • 107. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS • Excellent research to back up message = Book of Evidence • Bold tactics to deliver message – Go to Switzerland & Denmark
  • 108. FEBRUARY TRIBUNE POLL SHOWED 67% FOR OLYMPICS. EIGHT MONTHS LATER – ONLY 47% SUPORT. NO GAMES WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF OPPOSITION. THE MORE PEOPLE FOUND OUT, THE LESS THEY SUPPORTED THE BID.
  • 109. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS • Mixed tactics = Street protests + community meetings + Internet & social media • Kept up the heat, exposed lies, gained credibility
  • 110. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS • Lack of support from traditional nonprofits, elected leaders, academic centers • Hard to raise $ • Personal sacrifice
  • 111. LESSONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS YOU CAN FIGHT CITY HALL AND WIN.
  • 112. Lessons Un-learned • Grassroots vision of local prosperity • Privatization • Corruption and insider deals • Death of democracy/civic discourse in Chicago • Who is watching out for us? • Build winning coalition for 2014…
  • 113. Tom Tresser 312-804-3230 tom@tresser.com @tomsee www.tresser.com Materials for community organizing online @ http://tinyurl.com/OrganizingResources