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Chairman of 2006 Turin Winter Olympics resigns
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead


The Chairman of the 2006 Winter Olympics, Valentino Castellani, has resigned - within hours of greeting the start of ticket sales on 4 November when he announced: "The Turin 20th Winter Olympic Games are under way, Italy and Turin in particular are getting ready to welcome sports fans from around the world".
This thread on our sister forum has more

[Edit: This story has been upgraded to snowNews, due to its importance. You can post comment below, or on www.snowracers.net ]
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Yes, word is that he resents the"intromission" of the Central Governement, with the appointment of Mr. Pescante (I think) as Commissioner/inspector/supervisor, following the funds hole scandal.
Underneath the surface it may be more complicated than that.
Political can be the main reason.
The Central Governement, as many well know, is Center Right (conservative) and the prime minister MR. Berlusconi likes to have everything under control.
The Regional governement of Piedmont is also Center Right, but the main TOROC partner is the Turin city council, of which MR. Castellani was the MAyor, and its Center left (as you see, the words Left and Right, with all its political meanings have been mellowed Italian-style by adding Center, both sides autonomally doing it and the newspapers joining in)
So, in short, the left is trying to show that they can do something, while the right wholeheartedly disagree...
So far, I've not been impressed by the "Center-Left" performances. BUT
Last week the Italian President, Mr. Ciampi, released a Call-to-the-Arms for everyone,left and right, arguing that the Italian honour was at stake.
I agree with him, what I can't stand more than everything else is loss-of-face.
There are so many hard working, above the parts, people, that the simple idea of having to "suffer" as the results of stupid political tit-for-tat is making my blood to boil.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Aaand, He's now backpedalled...announcing that he's available to stay...
All the more to think there's an "internal political agenda" behind this "ballet"...
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Matteo, beat you to it Wink ... you may be in Italy, but snowRacers is first with all the scoops Very Happy - check the thread at www.snowracers.net
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