Adumbration

I wrote earlier of my skepticism concerning attempts by some in the Seattle community to promote the local area as the site for a future Olympics games.

Here is an article from the Guardian ("One year on, what legacy has the London Olympic Games left us?"), written on the anniversary of the 2012 London games, describing some doubt as to the vaunted hopes claimed to justify the public expense on those Olympics.  A few extracts that might give further pause before taking at face value such claims regarding any similar venture around Seattle.

• "The lofty, endlessly stated aim of politicians was to use the Games as the catalyst for social change, to bring east London closer to the west in terms of prosperity"
• The Newham council lobbying group "says 5,000 residents were helped into Games-time jobs, but most of those were temporary"
• "Yet, up and down the country, other local authorities are being forced to slash their sport and recreation budgets by up to 40%, putting facilities, coaching programmes and maintenance budgets under grave threat. "