Daily News Roundup - July 25, 2015
Trouble in the USOC No Plans to Decide on Olympics Until Review Is Complete, Baker Says (Boston Globe) USOC Asks Massachusetts Governor for His Stance on Boston '24 (AP) Column: USOC Needs to Dump Boston While There's Still Time (AP) Exclusive: USOC Set to Make Decision on Boston 2024 on Monday with Los Angeles Ready to Step In (Insde the Games) USOC Official Gets Caught Up in Olympics Fervor Online (Boston Globe) #OlympicsDebate The Missing Factor from the Boston 2024 Debate
Daily News Roundup - July 23, 2015
Subpoena Summer Tito Jackson's Move to Subpoena Boston 2024 Blocked by Bill Linehan (Boston Mag) Boston Councilors Rip Boston 2024, Subpoena Bid Tabled for Now (State House News Service) Boston 2024 Says That It Will Release Sought-After Bid Chapters Next Week (Boston Mag) Under Pressure, Boston Olympics Group to Release Original Bid Documents (BBJ) Facing Subpoena Threat, Boston 2024 to Release Original Bidding Documents (Boston.com) Councilor's Bid for Info Draws No Respons
Daily News Roundup - July 18/19, 2015
Imagine What Hosting 2016 Olympics Would've Cost Cash-Strapped Chicago (Chicago Tribune) Olympic Bidding Group Facing Political Pressures (Boston.com) Mass. Agencies Often Limit Access to Public Records (Boston Globe) Luxury-Home Lottos Reconsidered in Boston Housing Squeeze (Bloomberg) Boston2024 Can't Be Trusted to Pull off Olympics (Boston Globe) #FOIA #Transparency #Housing #BallotQuestion #EvanFalchuk #Chicago2016
Daily News Roundup - July 17, 2015
Coalition Files Petition for Olympics Ballot Question (WBUR) Black Leaders Say Olympics Plan Shortchanges Diversity, Minority Neighborhoods (BBJ) Complexities Abound for Boston 2024's Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Confession: I Want the Olympics, Just Not These Olympics (Boston.com) Globe, Fox25 to Host Prime Time Olympic Debate (Boston Globe) Cities Have Grown Weary of USOC, IOC Games #USOCGoHome! (Universal Hub) Kosciuszko Circle on National Registry of Historic Places (Dorche
Daily News Roundup - July 8, 2015
Mayor Wants to Push Forward with Redeveloping Widett, Even if Olympics Don't Materialize (Boston Globe) Revised Cost of Tokyo 2020 Stadium Approved (ESPN) Rep. Lynch on Iraq: No Way Forward; On Widett Circle: Bad Idea (WGBH News) Spike in Olympic Stadium Costs Highlights Shifting Budget Risks (BBJ) Olympic Organizers Ponder Strategy for Boosting Support (Boston Globe) Squantum Point Park Run (Imgur) Group Calls Olympic Spending Ban 'Smoke and Mirrors' (Boston Herald) And righ
Daily News Roundup - July 7, 2015
Boston 2024 Counting on Corporate Cash for $1.52 Billion (Boston Globe) Budapest's 2024 Olympics Bid Moving Forward (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Hold First Quincy Meeting Thursday (Wicked Local - Quincy) Boston 2024 PR Games: Not Interested (DigBoston) Emails Highlight City Hall's Influence in Shaping Boston Olympics Committee of Power Players (BBJ) Allied Behind Olympics Ballot Question (NECN) SWAT STicker: Exclusive Docs Reveal 34-Main Deployment to Dalai Lama Visit Plus O
Daily News Roundup - July 3, 2015
Marty Walsh Signs Olympic Muzzle Order, Says He Didn't Mean It (WGBH News) Economist, Olympic Expert Andrew Zimbalist on Boston 2024's '2.0' Plan: 'It's Bologna' (BostInno) Public Voices Concerns Over Reveamped Boston 2024 Bid (The Heights) Memo to Boston 2024: Good Luck Staying out of Politics (Boston Globe) Olympic Golf Off the Table for Brookline (Wicked Local - Brookline) Five Things You Should Know About Todd Millay of Choate Investment Advisors (Boston Globe) Breaking:
Daily News Roundup - June 24, 2015
In Boston's Faltering Bid for 2024 Games, a Message for Olympics (Christian Science Monitor) Another Boston 2024 Surprising (NECN) "Owners of hydroelectric plant that controls Deerfield River flows say they never heard from Olympics organizers." A Boston 2024 Pre-Mortem (Boston Globe) DCU Center Gets Boston Olympic Committee Nod for Handball Venue (Worcester Telegram) The Hidden Costs of a Boston Olympics (Andrew Zimbalist) What Does the IOC Think of Boston 2024? (Radio Bosto
Daily News Roundup - June 22, 2015
Questions Remain About Boston 2024's Plans for Olympic Referendum (AP) Olympic Promises Fails as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided Nation (Guardian) The Forgotten Cost of the "Miracle on Ice" (BostInno) For Some, Boston Olympics Opposition Unconditional (Boston.com) Here's How Boston's Olympic Bid Could Be Dropped (Boston.com) Keller @ Large: Lynch Disappointed in President over Trade Deal (CBS Local) Lynch expresed his opposition to the stadium in Widett Circle. Ou
The Ever-Changing and Always Vague Definition of “No Public Funds” for #Boston2024
The latest statewide poll on Boston’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid found Massachusetts residents opposed to the bid by a slim margin of 46% to 43%. When asked if they would support having the city submit a bid “with the requirement that no public money be used for the operation of the Games,” Massachusetts residents chose yes 56% to 37%. The toplines hide some very interesting statewide contrasts. The “no public money” qualifier had significant impact in many regions of the stat