Mayor Fenty makes strong push to host Gay Games IX at DC rally [video]
This is a fabulous city. The city’s hot right now — hot in lots of ways.
So, let me just say a couple things. First of all, there’s a lot of reasons that we need these games here in DC. We’ve already been voted the best fitness city in the country! We have, not only fabulous, but a growing GLBT community. We have organized sports in so many different ways. We’ve got triathalons, marathons, 10-milers, baseball, football — and so I think what you have in the nation’s capital, in 2009, is everything coming together right at the right time. And we are more than ready to host the Gay Games, without any question.
But just having excitement, a great community, a hot city, right now, is not all. You really do have to be willing to put your money where your mouth is. You’ve got to be willing to put the resources of government at the disposal of the big committee. I know this, having worked on the Marine Corps Marathon, National Marathon, Nations Triathalon. We just hosted ITU. There’s going to be a lot of organization and logistics.
So, to the community, to our big committee, to our review panel, what I’ll say to you as the Mayor of the District of Columbia is, we will put the resources of the government at your disposal. We will make sure not only that we do everything necessary to make these games successful, but that they are the best Games ever, and no other city will ever be able to match the amount of support and resources we put into it.
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