The best and worst of local politics greeted International Olympic Committee officials arriving Thursday for the start of an intense evaluation of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games.
Several members of the 13-member evaluation commission, including the head of the delegation, Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco -- arrived at O'Hare Airport by late morning, welcomed by a group of city ambassadors, including Mayor Daley.
But by 5 p.m., after the rest of the evaluation team arrived, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had been indicted on corruption charges in a downtown federal courthouse.
As caravans of black Chevy Suburbans ferried the 13-member evaluation team to …
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