Rome’s city council votes down 2024 Olympic bid

ROME – As far as city leaders are concerned, Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympics is finished. The city council voted in favour of scrapping the bid on Thursday, a week after Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected the candidacy, citing concerns over costs. “It was irresponsible to say yes to the candidacy,” Raggi wrote on Facebook. The anti-bid motion passed easily, as expected, by 30-12 since Raggi’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement holds a majority on the city council.