What you really mean is where is my bribe?

Am I cynical or what? I love the 'managing the cost' quote and concentrate on essential requirements. Tuesday Special/Traffic Jam- Cafe Oregano and Outside the Beltway

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - IOC president Jacques Rogge urged the seven cities bidding for the 2014 Winter Olympics to control costs and concentrate on "essential" requirements.

Bid leaders from the European and Asian cities began a four-day seminar Tuesday at
International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne to learn about the campaign process.

The candidates are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Borjomi, Georgia; Jaca, Spain; PyeongChang,
South Korea; Salzburg, Austria; Sochi, Russia; and Sofia, Bulgaria.

The cities have until Feb. 1 to reply to an IOC questionnaire. The IOC executive board will meet next June to decide whether to accept all the bids or trim the field. The host will be selected by the full IOC in Guatemala in July 2007.

The Winter Games are in Turin, Italy, in 2006 and in Vancouver, British, Columbia, in 2010.
Rogge stressed the importance of "managing the cost and complexity of the games; putting athletes and sport at the heart of your bid; and on focusing on technical excellence, not on things which are not essential."

Since being elected president in 2001, Rogge has pursued a policy of streamlining the size and cost of the Olympics. During Athens' frantic preparations for the 2004 Summer Games, he chided Greek organizers for installing a steel-and-glass roof over the main stadium. He considered the project nonessential for the games.

Rogge also encouraged the 2014 bid cities to heed the experience of past organizers and accept transfer-of-knowledge programs "so as to avoid repeating past mistakes."