This is exactly why I don't want the Olympics in Chicago (besides the fact it will be used as an excuse to raise taxes--that won't go back down). Daley has foisted many of the thugs he and his father's policies created on the rest of the state by quietly relocating them to other cities. The thugs particularly like small central Illinois towns--places where the local police aren't equipped to deal with them.
I have no doubt the homeless and thugs would be given one-way bus tickets to the small central Illinois town of their choice if the Olympics came to town...
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1060701,CST-NWS-blago17.article
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Calling violence in Chicago "out of control," Gov. Blagojevich on Wednesday offered to lend state troopers and National Guard helicopters to the city to augment the Chicago Police.
The governor is considering forming an "elite tactical team" to help the Chicago Police fight gang problems, a source said, adding that the unit could later be sent across the state to deal with gang problems at any city's request.
"It's fair to say that violent crime in Chicago is out of control. In certain communities in the city of Chicago, it is reaching epidemic proportions," Blagojevich told reporters at a bill-signing ceremony in Chicago.
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The image -- or even the possibility -- of state troopers and National Guard helicopters patrolling Chicago is certain to embarrass Daley at a time when the city is one of four finalists to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Still, City Hall did not automatically reject the governor's sketchy offer.
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