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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1022821" data-attributes="member: 1246">The original group as you call it couldn&#039;t run a whore house in a town full of horny men!&quot;Many who worked closely with Romney in Salt Lake praise his Olympic work. One of them, Mike Leavitt, the former Utah governor who tabbed Romney to lead SLOC, now campaigns for Romney.Mark Lewis worked for the International Olympic Committee when Romney hired him to help recruit additional corporations to help fund the games. SLOC’s effort to attract sponsors had come to a virtual standstill, Lewis said, with the bribery scandal and subsequent federal investigation casting a shadow over the organization.&quot;Things were in pretty bad shape,&quot; Lewis said. &quot;There was a significant budget deficit. There was also a crisis in confidence.&quot;Lewis, who now lives in Montana and is president of Jet Set Sports, which provides hospitality services at the Olympics for corporations, said he traveled with Romney to boardrooms and watched him make the pitch as to why the Salt Lake games were still a good bet.&quot;It’s a pretty tough sell to go out to a company and say you should pay money to be associated with us,&quot; Lewis said. He said Romney’s sales job persuaded them to contribute.&quot;I came into this not knowing Mitt,&quot; said Lewis, who is a state finance chairman for Romney in Montana. &quot;I can tell you without hesitation he is one of the most amazing people I’ve ever worked with.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1022821, member: 1246"] The original group as you call it couldn't run a whore house in a town full of horny men! "Many who worked closely with Romney in Salt Lake praise his Olympic work. One of them, Mike Leavitt, the former Utah governor who tabbed Romney to lead SLOC, now campaigns for Romney. Mark Lewis worked for the International Olympic Committee when Romney hired him to help recruit additional corporations to help fund the games. SLOC’s effort to attract sponsors had come to a virtual standstill, Lewis said, with the bribery scandal and subsequent federal investigation casting a shadow over the organization. "Things were in pretty bad shape," Lewis said. "There was a significant budget deficit. There was also a crisis in confidence." Lewis, who now lives in Montana and is president of Jet Set Sports, which provides hospitality services at the Olympics for corporations, said he traveled with Romney to boardrooms and watched him make the pitch as to why the Salt Lake games were still a good bet. "It’s a pretty tough sell to go out to a company and say you should pay money to be associated with us," Lewis said. He said Romney’s sales job persuaded them to contribute. "I came into this not knowing Mitt," said Lewis, who is a state finance chairman for Romney in Montana. "I can tell you without hesitation he is one of the most amazing people I’ve ever worked with." [/QUOTE]

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