Daily News Roundup - July 27, 2015
Timing Continues to Be a Proble for Boston 2024 (BostInno) 'Dancing with the Devil' Details Rio's Prep for 2016 Olympics (Only a Game) All Eyes on Mass. Gov. as Boston's Olympic Bid Faces Another Test (Boston.com) Park Visitors Wary of Olympic Plan for Quincy (Patriot Ledger) Boston 2024's Olympic Bid Could End as Soon as Monday (Boston Mag) Boston's 2024 Olympic Bid Faces Crucial Conference Call (OC Register) USOC to Talk with Mass Gov, Decide Next Step for Boston Bid (AP) H
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 - June 30, 2015 - Bid 2.0
Bid 2.0 came out yesterday, and it's filled with magic, lies, and bad ideas. Boston's Revised '24 Bid Criticized as Incomplete (NYT) State Leaders React Cautiously to Bid 2.0 (CommonWealth) Boston 2024 Promises a Lot at 'Minimal Risk' (CommonWealth) But even what they're promisng isn't good. See Which Real Estate Leaders Helped Boston 2024 Craft Its Financing Plan (BBJ) Boston 2024 Pressed for Details -- But Remain Vague -- on Insurance, Taxpayer Risks (BBJ) Here's What the B
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 18, 2015
Boston 2024 Bid Opponents Make Case to Baker, Cabinet (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Spent $5.6 M (Boston Herald) Could the Olympics Super-Size Boston’s Current Problems? (MHP) Council’s Panel to Focus on IOC Reforms (Boston Herald) Editorial: Olympic ‘Deadline’ (Boston Herald) Mitt Romney Set to Give Tips on Boston 2024 Bid (Boston Herald) USOC Head Reaffirms Belief in Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) #CharlieBaker #NoBostonOlympics #Consultants #DaveZirin #CityCouncil #USOC #Agenda2
Daily News Roundup – May 15, 2015
2020 Summer Games Pact to Tape Tokyo Taxpayers (Boston Herald) City Releases 2020 Olympics Contract under Pressure from Herald (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Lack of Data on the Views of Boston’s Minorities (Boston Globe) There’s No Denying Los Angeles’s Growing Olympics Appeal (Boston Globe) Bay State’s DC Team Aggressively Noncommittal on Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid (WGBH) As Baker Bemoans Sluggish Boston 2024, Hiring for His Olympic Consultant Behind Schedule (Dorchester R
Daily News Roundup – May 14, 2015
Baker Calls for Revised Olympic Plan by Early June (Boston Globe) City Council Sets Hearings on Boston 2024 Bid (Boston Globe) To the Editor: Olympic Opposition Rooted in Fact, Not NIMBY Rhetoric (Dorchester Reporter) Budapest Set to Enter 2024 Olympic Race after Mayor Gives Full Backing (Inside the Games) Olympics Would Push All Other Visions for Future Aside (Boston Globe) #CharlieBaker #Bid20 #CityCouncil #Budapest2024 #Priorities
Daily News Roundup – April 30, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup – April 17, 2015
Tepid Local Support Puts Boston’s Olympic Bid in Doubt (USA Today) Brennan: Bail on Boston Olympic Bid, Give it to L.A. (USA Today) Boston 2024’s New Mantra: American Exceptionalism (Boston Globe) Walsh Hires In-House Olympics Analyst (Boston Globe) Imagine, If You Will, the Best Olympics Ever (Boston Globe) State Plans to Select Olympics Consultant Soon (Boston.com) Bostonians Don’t Want the Olympics (Breitbart News) The Boston Olympic Debacle (Grantland) #Polling #LA2024 #U
Daily News Roundup – April 11, 2015
Where City Councilors Stand on the Olympics (JP Gazette) Franklin Park Gets Key Role, But No Answers, in Olympic Debate (JP Gazette) Olympics Bid Focus Shifting from Fish (Boston Globe) Sacrifice, Thrill Discussed at Forum on Boston Olympics Bid (Wicked Local – Melrose) Peter Lucas: Maria’s Right: Torch Plan for Another Olympics Study (Lowell Sun) USOC’s Blackmun Hopes Better Communication, Decisions Help Change Tone in Boston (Sports Business Daily) “Beachhead”? #CityCouncil