European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 Salzburg confident of 2014 olympic bid Success by Veronika Oleksyn the associated press Austria the olympic bid has been dogged by a doping the local com Mittee lost its chief executive mid Way through the the City failed miserably in its last at tempt four years Salzburg has Learned from its mistakes and come up with a com cos efficient and creative proposal to bring the 2014 Winter games to the renowned Alpine ski re Gion at the heart of Europe is com Peting against the russian Black sea resort of Sochi and South korean City of the International olympic committee will pick the Winner in Guatemala City on july we can do said Salzburg mayor Heinz chairman and president of the we have the we have the we have the volunteers were the third safest country in the Salzburg enjoys a Lowrick reputation and has extensive experience hosting world class Winter sports eight of its proposed 11 venues already and the Region boasts an extensive Road and pub Lic transportation network Capa ble of dealing with crowds of ath letes and bid officials claim their two Vil two Cluster concept is the most compact plan out of nine Winter games in the last three de they say it would take ath letes an average of 12 minutes to get from their Village accommodations to the Competition and at most 55 minutes to commute from one end of the venues plan to the tremendous work has been done with an incredible Pool of exclusive euro Bill pay people on the move paying everyday Bills  slow you let service credit Union worry about paying your Bills so you can keep your mind on the services available through euro Bill pay include one time payments recurring payments automatic debits to German service providers Bill pay throughout internet banking is free with service sign up online or by Nymmie Mil nil Coit Umloff apr try lure m pm Liburt in pm on film i Morton in partners weve got a great vision and Are looking Forward to presenting the package to the Ioc said Gernot Leit one of Salzburg 2014s executive directors and part of the team running the bid since Fedor Radmann stepped Down As chief in citing health Austria hosted the Winter olympics in 1964 and both times in in the vote for the 2010 Salzburg finished third behind Winner Van Couver and austrian Chancellor Alfred Gussenbauer will travel to Guate Mala with other top officials to Back Salzburg in a report issued a month be fore the the docs evaluation commission described Salzburg concept As excellent but High lighted several most striking was the result of the docs Public opinion Salzburg fared worst out of the three contenders with 42 per cent in support of the games and 45 percent in Austria As a 61 percent said they sup ported the according to the poll taken late last the Ioc also said failed to meet requirements in some guarantees that its accommodation plans needed careful its transportation Bud get was on the Low its Secu Rity costs were underestimated and that the Overall million operating budget was consid ered to be relatively Low com pared to previous Winter Leitner dismissed those issues As miscommunication and said Salzburg 2014 officials have spent the past few weeks clarify ing what they have to theres not a single Issue that Hast been he Public opinion also seems to have improved since the Ioc sur vey late last in late bid officials re leased a Survey that showed 92 percent of austrians said hosting the games would have a positive in Salzburg 82 per cent answered yes or most Likely when asked if the games would be beneficial for the City and state of Austria As a in its the Ioc noted favourably that Salzburg plan would minimize olympic related capital investments and the environmental Impact of the it remains to be seen if Salzburg can overcome the negative publicity caused by a doping scandal that has cast a Shadow Over the in the Ioc fined the Austri an olympic committee million for blood doping violations among Cross country skiers and Biath letes at the 2006 Turin the Ioc imposed lifetime olympic bans on six austrian ath letes involved in the the Ioc did not mention the doping scandal in its report and Ioc president Jacques Rogge has repeatedly dismissed that the doping Case could harm Salzburg Austria has taken very Strong Leitner he a it was always hard to say How a member of the at the end of the will take this into