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Refuse to forget that LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was among the very first to clap when Trump went on an asinine anti-trans rant. There's a pattern of craven sycophancy here.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Refuse to forget that LA28 Olympics Chair Casey Wasserman was among the very first to clap when Trump went on an asinine anti-trans rant. There's a pattern of craven sycophancy here.
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Read @fieldofschemes.bsky.social on the Etch-a-Sketch economics & the corporate-drenched politics of the LA28 Olympics: "LA Olympic organizers, facing billions in potential taxpayer costs, trade arena naming rights for free tax prep"
if the 2028 Olympics go over budget — and every Olympics since 1984 has, often doubling or more in cost — L.A. will be on the hook for the first $270m in losses, the state of California for the next $270m, and the city again for anything over that.
LA Olympic organizers, facing billions in potential taxpayer costs, trade arena naming rights for free tax prep
Los Angeles, which won Olympic hosting rights after Boston withdrew its bid because it was too expensive, is continuing to prepare for the 2028 Summer Games, a little less than three years out from the planned opening ceremonies. This puts L.A.'s Olympic committee smack in the middle of fundraising season, and L.A. officials negotiated a...
www.fieldofschemes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Read @fieldofschemes.bsky.social on the Etch-a-Sketch economics & the corporate-drenched politics of the LA28 Olympics: "LA Olympic organizers, facing billions in potential taxpayer costs, trade arena naming rights for free tax prep"
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"There's a lot of things that can go wrong."
— LA City Council President @mhdcd8.bsky.social and one of the geniuses who rubberstamped this horrendous deal
— LA City Council President @mhdcd8.bsky.social and one of the geniuses who rubberstamped this horrendous deal
The Olympics are a multi-billion dollar business. Here's what that means for LA taxpayers
The city's financial exposure is essentially unlimited in the event of budget overruns.
laist.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"There's a lot of things that can go wrong."
— LA City Council President @mhdcd8.bsky.social and one of the geniuses who rubberstamped this horrendous deal
— LA City Council President @mhdcd8.bsky.social and one of the geniuses who rubberstamped this horrendous deal