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The Faces Of Mayor Daley

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Sep 10, 2009 6:20PM

We mentioned yesterday's City Council vote to approve the host city contract, putting taxpayers on the hook for the cost of the Games if something goes awry. Before the vote, Mayor Daley gave a passionate speech in support of the contract and the Olympics and Associated Press photographer M. Spencer Green caught some great captures of our Mayor making his case.