On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:10:18 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:51 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:21:18 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Wouldn't have happened on Romney's watch.

Lots of things happened in Rio that would not happen in SLC


There was plenty of ticket scalping at the Romney olympics in Salt Lake
City:

Ticket scalpers skirting the law - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
http://www.deseretnews.com/oly/view/...000256,00.html
Deseret News
Deseret News and KSL coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic
Games.
Denver Post article
http://www.reed.edu/economics/parker...les/Denver.htm
Reed College
"Serenity pays price for scalping dispute: Lack of ban fuels chaos at
ticket market," ... over the lack of ticket-scalping laws is being
exposed daily at the Olympics. ... The scalpers are all over Salt Lake
City, but they have clustered particularly at a ...
IOC executive targeted in police probe into ticket scalping | KUTV
kutv.com/.../ioc-executive-targeted-in-police-probe-into-ticket-scalping-08-17-...
KUTV
5 hours ago - IOC executive targeted in police probe into ticket
scalping ... Hickey, 71, is president of the Olympic Council of Ireland
as well as president of the European Olympic Committees, ... Salt Lake
City Mayor Jackie Biskupski marries.
Scalping tickets is big business in Salt Lake City - The Blade
http://www.toledoblade.com/.../02/.....Lake-City.html
Feb 15, 2002 - Scalping tickets is big business in Salt Lake City ...
Especially after local police said they weren't going to arrest scalpers
selling Olympic tickets.
Commentary: Scalpers hustling to make a buck - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
www.post-gazette.com › Sports › OlympicsPittsburgh Post?Gazette
Feb 15, 2002 - SALT LAKE CITY -- They gave me false names because this
... local police said they weren't going to arrest scalpers selling
Olympic tickets.
Scalpers Hustling F's To Make A Buck - Google News
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20020215&id...Google News
Ill call them Steve and Bruce Los Angeles, Antonio from Salt Lake City
and ... after local police .said they weren't going to arrest scalpers
selling Olympic tickets.
Olympics: Ticket scalping starts in Brazil — even ... - Salt Lake City
saltlakecity.suntimes.com/slc.../olympics-ticket-scalping-starts-in-brazil-even-without-t...
Apr 5, 2016 - FILE – In this May 20, 2015 file photo, fireworks explode
behind the Olympic rings during their inauguration ceremony at Madureira
Park in Rio ...
IOC executive Hickey arrested in Rio in ticketing probe | The Japan ...
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/.../olym...rrest-wa...The
Japan Times
6 hours ago - Brazilian police on Wednesday arrested International
Olympic Committee executive member Patrick Hickey over alleged illegal
sales of Rio Olympics tickets. ... since a bribery scandal around the
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. ... IOC, Ireland, Olympic Council
of Ireland, Patrick Hickey, ticket scalping ...
OLYMPICS - THE STREETS - Loitering Behind the Clean Streets ...
http://www.nytimes.com/.../olympics-...g-behind-the-c...
The New York Times
Feb 14, 2002 - As for the hustle, it is illegal to panhandle orally in
Salt Lake City, the police say. Scalping Olympic tickets for thousands
of dollars is legal.
Bank Officer Gets 30 Months in Prison for Oly Ticket Scam | KSL.com
www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=85347
KSL
Apr 14, 2004 - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A former bank loan officer will
spend 30 ... say Douros planned to use the money to buy Olympic tickets
for resale, but ...
Salt Lake City fights scalping aggresively | Online Athens
onlineathens.com/stories/021002/oly_0210020123.shtml
Athens Banner?Herald
Feb 10, 2002 - City officials say they tried to be nice to ticket
scalpers. But Saturday afternoon, John Sittner, Salt Lake City's chief
of Olympic planning, stood on ...
SALT LAKE CITY / Tix Nix? / Lots of sellers but few are buying at these ...
http://www.newsday.com/.../salt-lake...-few-are-buyin...
Newsday
Feb 16, 2002 - Salt Lake City SHE'S AN OLDER woman, probably in her 60s.
Sweet and ... Lots of sellers but few are buying at these Winter
Olympics. February ... corners of Main Street and 200 South, the nexus
of ticket scalping right in the.
Ticket monopoly brings one man big profit | The Seattle Times
http://www.seattletimes.com/.../olym...brings-one-man...
The Seattle Times
Nov 16, 2009 - His exclusive contracts give him a monopoly to sell
tickets and hotel packages at ... In effect, Dizdarevic is the official
ticket scalper for the 2010 Winter Olympics. ... A decade ago, he was a
key figure in the Salt Lake Olympic bid .... in modern Olympic history:
accusations that officials in Salt Lake City used $1 ...
Deals Harder To Find As Games Approach The Olympic Lowdown ...
articles.sun-sentinel.com/.../0201290519_1_ticket-scalpers-popular-events-two-tickets
Feb 3, 2002 - ... traveler to Salt Lake City, the Olympic motto
translates to tickets selling fast, ... Competition among ticket
scalpers and some hotels has even ...

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You really should get a life.