From: "John Beamish" 

Vancouver 2010 ... I feel your pain.

The really good stuff is called "B.C. Bud" and it, apparently, is
*relly* good.  How good?  It seems to have the Olympic seal of approval.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=bdd774c7-434d-40db-9d7e-
1709585816c1
Olympic organizers present balanced budget

For the rest of us:

http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428109912&rem=60831&red=80110923aP
BIny&widsA0&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm
VANOC dips into Rainy-Day fund

We're three years away and they're already eating the contingency budget.


There is a bright side:  Remember the 1976 Olympics in Montreal?  With the
stadium that had a giant donut hole in it?  The one that was
"affectionately" named "The Big 'O'" (a wordplay on
"the big owe").  They paid off the last installment about a year
ago.


On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:38:22 -0400, Adam field.near the bridge">
 wrote:

> OK there are lots of reasons from insane laws banning anyone using
> anything to do with the Olympics w/oi their say so (right down to
> "London" "Summer" & .....2012...
>
> Etc.
>
> If it's a F*cking commerical concern then it should stand on it's own
> feet & not...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6453575.stm

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