Posted on 06/18/2016 1:53:46 AM PDT by SMGFan
The acting governor of Rio de Janeiro state has declared a state of financial disaster so he has more leeway to manage the state's scarce resources less than two months Brazil hosts the Olympic Games.
Francisco Dornelles announced the decision on Friday. It will allow Rio's state government to change its budgetary priorities without disrespecting Brazil's fiscal laws.
The move will let Dornelles adopt exceptional measures to pay costs related to the Games as the state grapples with the country's economic recession.
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5-21.
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That and the fact that the International Olympic Committee has dained trans genders will be allowed to participate as their chosen gender will lead to the collapse of the Olympic format.
Wonder how the pundits will work to make this look like it was all because of Donald Trump or George Bush
We seem to have some sort of big problem with each quadrennial move of the games.
My suggestion: build a great facility in Greece and have summer games there, period. Winter, I don’t know, the ancients had no winter games, but surely we can find a suitable permanent home.
Then we concentrate on the events and the athletes.
True - Like everything they touch, Liberals destroy.
BRAZIL: a Terry Gilliam production.
Brazil wasn’t developed enough to be able to host the games. If they wanted to host in South America, they should had gone with Chile, which is the most prosperous country on the continent.
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