All 50 Wards...

A minor quibble, perhaps, but it's worth pointing out that the Tribune has been peddling one bit of Daley administration propaganda that is essentially untrue.

It appears again today in the 3rd graf of an article that explores a turf-pissing battle over TV rights between the IOC and the USOC:

This week, Chicago's 2016 Olympic boosters unveiled a plan to meet with residents of all 50 wards in an effort to rebuild support in the wake of a controversy sparked last month...

It also appeared in yesterday's Tribune, in the form of an AP article announcing the meetings:

Amid recent criticism of the city's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, local organizers are going out to talk to Chicago residents.

Organizers said they are working with aldermen to plan public meetings to talk with residents from all of the city's 50 wards.

It may in fact be the city's intent to meet with residents from all 50 wards (just as it may be my intent to fly like a bird), but, in fact, it looks like they will be hosting no more than 10 or 15 meetings, grouping several wards together at a time.

It's kind of like if a presidential candidate announced they were going to be holding meetings with people from all 50 states, but then expected you to drive to South Bend for a combined Illinois-Indiana-Michigan confab. As if.

The full list of meetings that have been announced so far appears here, on the official (and quite plush) Chicago 2016 website.