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 - May 29, 2015
On the Bid Book Revelations: Boston 2024 'Bid Book,' Obtained by Journalists, Reveals Need for Public Money (Radio Boston) Bond Experts: Boston 2024 Financing Plan Contradicts Vow to Avoid Public Funds (Boston Business Journal) Fiscal Transparency Pledge Left out of Olympics Bid Document, Report Says (Boston Globe) Report: Boston 2024 Will Need Public Money (WEEI) What is "is" in Olympicspeak? (CommonWealth) The Lying Liars at Boston 2024 Have Been Caught in Their Olympic-Siz
Daily News Roundup - May 28, 2015
The big news from yesterday was that Boston Magazine and the Boston Business Journal, via a FOIA on UMass Boston, were able to get access to unredacted bid documents. And surprise, surprise: Boston 2024 plans to use public money for its venues. Here's the Bid Book Boston 2024 Submitted to the USOC (Boston Magazine) Newly Released Boston 2024 Documents Provide Look at Stadium Plan (Boston.com) BBJ Report: Boston Bid Book (NECN) Boston 2024 Bid Exposed (NECN) Boston 2024's Prop
Daily News Roundup - May 27, 2015
Brookline Town Meeting to Vote on Opposing Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Long-Awaited Postal Service Move Remains on Hold Despite Olympics Push (Boston Globe) Former Atlanta Mayor Says Olympics Were a Boon to the City (WBUR) Wonder what the 30,000 people who were displaced would say..... Stoughton Resident Urges Selectmen Not to Use Taxpayer Dollars for Olympics (Wicked Local - Stoughton) And in other mega-event news.... FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Sepp Blatt
Daily News Roundup – April 23, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup – March 26, 2015
“Team Walsh” ‘Team Walsh’ Meets in Dorchester to Revive Boston’s Bid for the 2024 Olympics (WGBH News) Team Walsh Rallies Troops for 2024 Push (Dorchester Reporter) Boston Core Boston 2024 Comes to Cambridge (Medium) Brookline Town Meeting to Weigh in on Olympics Bid (Wicked Local – Brookline) Distrust Builds in Cambridge Over Boston 2024 Proposal (Wicked Local – Cambridge) Public Opinion/Referendum Polling Society Students Tackle Clinton, Tsarnev, NFL (Emerson News) Also tac