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choice but to get it done very quickly." Tory said. Toronto has failed twice with recent Olympic bids. It lost out to Atlanta for the 1996 Games, and to Bei- jing for 2008. Also etched in the country's memory are the 1976 Montreal Games, which ran up a $1.5 billion debt that took the city 30 years to pay off. "I'll be honest. I don't want to be the mayor that presides over some kind of modern-day record for bidding and losing," Tory said. "We want to make a decision — to do it or not — and then campaign our little hearts out, and cam- paign to win." Marcel Aubut, the pres- ident of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has said Toronto should con- sider bidding.
"My view is this country
should look at the Summer Games as a priority, and there's not any other city in the country other than Toronto that could offer the site to do this," Aubut told the Toronto Star in a recent interview.
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they named Jeff Gordon Boulevard, so there have always been great experi- ences here. But to come here and have it be my last Brickyard 400, it's pretty overwhelming. It's putting a big smile on my face for the weekend."
The only thing that would make this weekend better would be reaching victory lane Sunday to be- come the first six-time win- ner on the speedway's his- toric 2.5-mile oval. While the 43-year-old Gordon is not an Indiana native by birth, he is one of the state's favorite sons. His parents moved from California
to Pittsboro
when Gordon was a rising star on the teenage racing circuit. They wound up in a small, suburban commu- nity west of Indy that was willing to support their
son's aspirations along and the importance of Midwest- ern values.
If Gordon didn't under- stand those principles be- fore arriving in Indiana, he did by the time he started racing stock cars.
After winning one race with a daring late move, Gordon's stepfather forced him to hand the winner's trophy to the second-place finisher and told him: "That's not how we race." Gordon never made that mistake again and his gen- teel approach to racing has won over fans throughout Indiana — and beyond. "I think it's pride, pride to have somebody from a small town do as good as Jeff's done and to be the kind of a man, the gentle- man that he is," 78-year- old Pat McClain said. In Indiana, there
couldn't be a better combi- nation.
From Milan's Bobby Plump to Martinsville's John Wooden, from Bed- ford's Damon Bailey to Rushville's Tony Stewart, every little town seems to have a story -- and a celeb- rity. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler hails from Santa Claus. Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens played prep basketball in Zionsville and college basketball at DePauw in Greencastle. And everyone knows Larry Bird is from French Lick. But Gordon has become one of the state's best am- bassadors, which is why ev- eryone wanted to share the stage with him Thursday. Pittsboro Police Chief Christi Patterson named Gordon an honorary police officer and presented him a real badge.
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The COC declined a re- quest to interview Aubut, although he is expected to speak on Sunday, the final day of the Pan Am Games. Tory said he spoke with IOC President Thomas Bach at the Pan Am open- ing ceremony. Bach has pushed recently to cut Olympic
costs, embar-
rassed that Russian spent $51 billion organizing the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
"He (Bach) told me they are not going to be seeking out anymore the biggest and boldest and most ex- pensive bids," Tory said. Saad Rafi, the CEO of
the Pan Am Games, called many of the venues "Olym- pic standard," though he said some were smaller than needed for the Olym- pics.
"Some of the swim- mers have said to me that the pool is as good as any Olympic facility they've been to, including Beijing or London," Rafi told The AP.
Public support in To- ronto is hard to gauge.
Costs have been criticized, 90 percent of which are picked up by the govern- ment. About $55 million Canadian ($42 million) has been spent on a velo- drome. An athletes' village cost $700 million Canadi- an ($540 million) and will be turned into condomini- ums, apartments, and stu- dent housing.
The IOC binds host countries to pick up any cost overruns.
"Opinions are divided,"
Tory said. "I would say there are more people here in favor of these kinds of international events than opposed." Toronto's interest comes
as Boston is struggling to gain traction with public support below 50 percent. "I know enough about the IOC and its Papal- like selection process — the puff of white smoke emerges but you're never quite sure about the fac- tors," Tory said. "If Toron- to's in this contest, then I guess it will be helpful not to have another North American entry."
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