The Latest in Venues.... Boston 2024's Pagliuca, Mayor Walsh Grilled on Transportation at TD Garden (Boston Mag) "The Celtics’ home would host basketball if the bid succeeds. But if North Station is closed for security concerns, how would people get there?" Toronto to Offer Hosting Help to Boston in Olympic Bid? (Toronto Sun) Walkable! Olympic Proposal Met with Skepticism, Support in Quincy (Patriot Ledger) Around the World... Former Residents of Vila Autódromo Denounce Probl

Boston 2024's New Board Members, Now Totaling 50 Ray Flynn, Aly Raisman to Join Boston 2024 Board (Boston Globe) Ray Flynn's 5 Steps to Saving a Boston Olympics (Boston Herald) A mix of bad ideas and good ideas, none of which have to do with the Olympics Decision-Focused Meetings (Bain Capital) Some advice from Pags's own firm: "Our research highlights what we think of as the Rule of Seven: every person added to a decision-making group over seven reduces decision effectivenes

Boston Globe Fails to Understand South Boston Olympic Opposition (Universal Hub) Refusing to Host the Olympics: The Deceptive IOC Brand (Scoop) Striking Omissions in Boston 2024 Board Members’ Bios (Boston Globe) Walsh’s Hypocrisy on Taking Money from Boston 2024 (Bay State Examiner) Why the Last Two U.S. Olympic Bids Failed (BostInno) #IOC #Boston2024Board #MoCowan #DanOConnell #MartyWalsh #NYC2012 #Chicago2016 #SouthBoston

Happy May Day! Is Mayor Walsh’s Political Fate Tied to the Olympics? (Boston Globe) What We’re Talking about When We’re Talking about Public Money (for the Olympics) (Boston.com) John “Houdini” Fish Cancels Again (Boston Globe) Studded as it is with Stars, Boston 2024 Board Doesn’t Reflect the Public (Boston Globe) #MartyWalsh #JohnFish #Boston2024Board #Diversity #Publicmoney

Displacement, Diversity Focus of Latest Boston Olympics Meeting (Boston.com) Olympic Critics Are Clear-Eyed, Not Starry-Eyed (Boston Globe) IOC in Talks with Fifth City over 2024 Bid (Reuters) Another Knock on Transparency at Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) As 20-Year Anniversary of Olympics in Atlanta Nears, Bostonians Oppose Campaign for Games There (Atlanta Business Chronicle) Baker Halts $1B Expansion of Boston Convention Center (Boston Globe) Risky Business: A Q&A with Andrew

The Motive Driving Olympics Push in Boston (Boston Globe) Michelle Kwan’s 2024 Bid Boost (Boston Herald) Is this satire? U.S. Rep Capuano Blasts Boston 2024’s ‘Lack of Transparency’ (Boston Herald) Boston 2024 Pushes to Keep Docs Secret (Boston Herald) Amendment to Bar Public Funds for Olympics Fails in House (State House News Service) Capuano: Public to Need ‘A Little Proof’ about Any Olympic Cost (Boston Herald) No Boston Olympics Will Host a Second Meeting (BostInno) #Gent

A few days ago, Boston 2024 rolled outs its new 30-member board of directors, a mix of (mostly) corporate executives, athletes, and USOC officials. The Globe printed a handy list of all 30 members and a line or two of background information. However, in at least two cases, the Globe gave rather deceptive descriptions. The first is Mo Cowan, who has already been a government relations adviser for Boston 2024 for some time. The Globe describes him as “the former chief of staf

If You Build Beach Volleyball, the Next Facebook Will Come (BostInno) Red Sox Executive Larry Lucchino in Talks with Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) Lawrence to Host Meeting to Discuss Boston’s Bid to Land Olympics in 2024 (Eagle Tribune) Boston 2024 Brings on Larry Bird, David Ortiz in Futile Effort (The Telegraph) Andrew Zimbalist on the Economic Implications of a #Boston2024 Olympics (Storify) FPC Creating Olympics Wish-List (JP Gazette) Editorial: The City’s New Smoke-Filled R

Keller @ Large: We Want Detailed Boston 2024 Olympics Plan (CBS Local) Championship Pedigree to Join Boston 2024 Board (Boston Globe) Many of whom don’t live in or even near Boston Who’s on the Boston 2024 Board? (Boston Globe) Editorial: Stellar Board, Big Questions (Boston Herald) Low-income Residents Worry about Olympics’ Repercussions (Boston Globe) Small Crowd at Easton Forum Split on Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (The Enterprise) Boston 2024 Olympics Timeline (WGBH News) Broo

Here’s the Complete 2024 Olympic Economic Study from the Boston Foundation (BostInno) About an Olympics Push, ‘March Madness,’ and Other Notions (Dorchester Reporter) UMass Report Lays out the Plusses of 2024 Games, and Adds a Big ‘But’ (Dorchester Reporter) A Carnival of Mansplaining: Boston 2024 Comes to Cambridge (Storify) From last night’s meeting Dear Boston 2024: Just Be Your Rich, Well-Connected Selves (Hester Prynne) The Boston 2024 Community Meeting Drinking Game (Di