Olympics bid team to hold secret meetings with aldermen

On Monday, the Chicago 2016 Olympics committee leaders balked at the idea of publicly briefing the City Council about a wrinkle that could put taxpayers on the hook for cost overruns, but today they're headed to City Hall to do it privately in a series of secret meetings with aldermen.

 Aldermen were notified today by Mayor Richard Daley's Intergovernmental Affairs Office that the meetings would start at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, several aldermen said. Members of the 2016 Committee would do the talking, they said. Clout Street blog from the Chicago Tribune