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Chicagoans for Rio

"Chicagoans for Rio" may live in Lakeview

Thanks to Kiyoshi Martinez for the digital shoe-leather on this one and @CapitolFax for tipping me. In today's Tribune, James Janega tries to track down the folks behind the incredibly creative Chicagoans for Rio site. I tried with the same results last Friday but others on the Interwebs dug elsewhere to find a a Chicagoan, not a Brazilian as some had expected. A full "press conference" with questions and answers is provided via their blog, 15 ideas. Some excerpts here:

who can did for why if rio how a million front anony who?


look, this isn't going to work if everyone talks at once. let's see some hands. yes, you in the fedora?

why did you try to stay anonymous, you p#@@y?
hey now, family blog here. let's keep it clean. we launched anonymously to draw more attention to the site. while frustrating for some people, it was inarguably a successful strategy. we were under no delusion that we would stay anonymous. I've been wearing a Chicagoans For Rio t-shirt and sweatshirt for the last couple months, so we weren't exactly hiding. and considering how often some of us drink, we were bound to catch a case of verbal diarrhea. seriously, we'd make awful spies.

who's we?
a couple friends and i. hey, look outside! there's a cardinal!

how has dealing with those of us in the media been?
frustrating for you that we remained anonymous, which I understand. if I ever commit murder, I'm guessing Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business will find the body first. (he was the first one to discover our authorship.) and if i ever need advice, i'm asking James Janega of the Chicago Tribune, because his is the best. ("Have a drink, then have another, think about it some more, and if you reconsider, email me and tell me everything you know.") yes, you in the snuggie?

It's unclear if these are the actual folks, but a bit of Internet sleuthing makes a pretty compelling case. Also, a commenter "Peter Guney" provided the same details in the comments section of Janega's piece early this morning:

The website ChicagoansForRio.com is owned by a Kevin Lynch of Chicago according to the original public WhoIs records in DomainTools and public telephone records in AnyWho.

http://domain-history.domaintools.com/?page=details&domain=chicagoansforrio.com&date=2009-03-21
Domain: chicagoansforrio.com - Domain History
Cache Date: 2009-03-21
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.

Registrant:
Kevin Lynch
1545 W. School St.
Chicago, IL 60657
US

Domain name: CHICAGOANSFORRIO.COM
Administrative Contact:
Lynch, Kevin kl8989@gmail.com
1545 W. School St.
Chicago, IL 60657
US
1.7733889188 Fax: 1.3105642007

http://whitepages.anywho.com/results.php?ReportType=34&MoreInfoResult=1&RecID=4&qc=chicago&qf=Kevin&qi=0&qk=10&qn=Lynch&qs=IL
Kevin Lynch
1545 W School St
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 388-9180

Peter_Guney (09/28/2009, 5:44 AM )

If you haven't checked out the site yet, it's quite interesting and features a highly sophisticated amount of interaction, and comedy.

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