Daily News Roundup – March 18, 2015
FOPG Seeks New Venues for Olympics (Beacon Hill Times) Boston Olympics Bid is Bad News for Charlie Baker (MassPoliticsProfs) Snow Problems in Boston Send a Chill Through 2024 Olympics Bid (LA Times) Keller @ Large: Fear that Boston 2024 Olympics is Big Dig 2 (CBS Boston) MBTA is Top Concern at Olympics Forum (CBS Boston) When It Comes to Funding, Let’s Hold Boston 2024’s Feed to the Flame (Boston Globe) Until There is a Referendum, This Will Not Be ‘Boston’s Bid’ (Boston Glob
Daily News Roundup – March 17, 2015
Hamburg to Compete with Boston for 2024 Olympics (Boston.com) Letter: Boston Olympics is Bad for Western Ma. (Berkshire Eagle) Anti-Olympics Group Delivers Its Message (Worcester Business Journal) Editorial: Keep Off the Grass (Boston Herald) SXSports: Mega Events and the Damage Done (The Austin Chronicle) No Public Money on the Olympic? Falchuk Says Set It in Bronze (Sentinel & Enterprise) Olympic Consultants Help Bid Cities Make Their Case (Boston Globe) Legislature Hires O
Daily News Roundup – February 28, 2015
Just Say No (The Economist) “Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup is bad for a city’s health.” ‘Ask the Mayor’ with Marty Walsh (WGBH) “On a daily basis I don’t hear the anti-Olympic thing.” Uh…you put a gag order on your employees. Keep the Common Olympics-Free (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Meet at Franklin Park March 5 (Jamaica Plain Gazette) Here’s the Key Part of Boston’s New USOC Agreement (Boston.com) Push to Make “Boston” Games, “Commonwealth” Games (WWLP) #WorldCup
Daily News Roundup – February 24, 2015
Olympics Bid Organizers Discuss Issues with Residents in Roxbury (Boston Globe) Roxbury Residents Voice Concerns At Meeting on Boston Olympics (WBUR) Planned Olympic Transit Projects Pose Funding Challenge (Boston Globe) Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for $4B in Improvements for Olympics (WCVB) Walsh Could Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Olympics Cost Overruns (Bay State Examiner) Braceras: Boston Not up to Olympic 2024 Effort (Boston Herald) Olympic Organizers Reconsidering Bost
Daily News Roundup – February 7, 2015
‘Circus Maximus’ Tallies the Real Cost of Hosting the Olympics (WBUR) Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics (Scientific American) Make Way for…Beach Volleyball? (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Problem: System Groans Under Weight of Demand (Boston Globe) Meet the Guys Who Got the Boston 2024 Movement Started (Boston.com) Boston Mayor Meets with Group Opposed to Olympics (WWLP) No Boston Olympics met with Marty. I can’t see Marty changing his mind just based on meet
Daily News Roundup – January 23, 2015
Jondergate Boston 2024 Free Speech Kerfuffle: Walsh’s Explanation Worse Than Original Ban (WBUR) Mayor Walsh’s Letter to City Employees (Boston Globe) What bull. Walsh Tries to Clarify USOC Rule on Bid Talk (Boston Globe) “Walsh, however, has not said if he plans to change the agreement.” Spoiler: He has none. Boston’s Ban on Anti-Olympics Talk is Unproductive (Fortune) Lawyers: Boston “Has to Be Ready” for Lawsuits over Deal Requiring Employees to Support Olympics Bid (Massl