Daily News Roundup - July 21, 2015
Around the world... Japan's Axed Olympic Stadium a Warning for Boston (Huffington Post) Pan Am Games Over-spending Billions, But It's Okay 'Cause It's Public Money (Rabble.ca) Subpoena Summer City Councillor Tito Jacson Files for Subpoena to Obtain Boston 2024 Chapters (Boston Mag) Boston City Councilor Seeks Documents from Olympic Organizers (WBUR) City Councilor Aims to Subpoena Boston 2024 Documents (Boston Globe) City Councilor Tito Jackson to Subpoena Boston 2024 Financi
Daily News Roundup - July 20, 2015
Cambridge City Councillor Wants to Subpoena Boston 2024 into Releasing Info (Boston Mag) Now They've Done It: Boston 2024's Gotten Tito Jackson Mad (Universal Hub) What The Olympics Means for the People of Rio: 'The Reptuation of Brazil is at Stake' (Guardian) Columbia Point's Conversion Came at a Cost (Boston Globe) What Japan's Olympic Stadium Fiasco Means for Boston (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Sees Columbia Road as Olmsted Jewel (Boston Globe) What Else is Boston 2024 Hidin
Daily News Roundup - July 15, 2015
Stadium Plan Raises Questions about $$$ Compensation for MBTA (State House News Service) This Is What Has Everybody So Worried about Boston's Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Six Development Takeaways from the BBJ's Interview with Boston 2024's Rich Davey (BBJ) City Councilor Sets Deadline for Boston Olympics Group to Produce Information (BBJ) No Holds Barred: Jonathan Cohn on Opposing Bosotn Hosting the 2024 Olympics (No Holds Barred) Number of Homeless Families in Boston up 25% (B
Daily News Roundup - June 27, 2015
Boston 2024's Davey Rebuffs City Council Demands for Original Olympics Budget (BBJ) Boston 2024 Land Watch: Parcels Worth at Least $300 Million in Play for Olympics (WGBH News) Exclusive: City Hall Emails Highlight Boston Olympics Planning, Media Spin (BBJ) Boston 2024 Will Release Its Revised Bid on Monday (WBUR) Here's Everything We Learned about Boston 2024 from City Hall Emails, Part II (Boston Mag) From Yesterday's City Council Hearing: No Financial Updates at Today's Bo
Testimony by Cassie Hurd at the 6/26 City Council Hearing on Boston 2024 Venues and Financing
The following testimony was given by Cassie Hurd on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee at the hearing of the Boston City Council's Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics on Friday, June 26, 2015: My name is Cassie Hurd; I'm an Allston resident and am here on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee. I was immediately concerned when Boston was picked by the USOC in January as I knew the legacy of displacement the
Daily News Roundup - June 18, 2015
Boston 2024's Guide to Poetry: Start with "Ode to Sport" (Hester Prynne) Latest Venue Choice: Boston 2024 Rendering of Beach Volleyball in Quincy Olympic Outreach Photos (BostInno) The photos have the deceptiveness of those in diet pill ads. Volleyball Continues Exodus of Olympic Sites from Boston (Boston Globe) Quincy Olympic Volleyball Facility Surprises DCR (Dorchester Reporter) Boston 2024 Shifts Proposed Quincy Beach Volleyball Site to State Land (Boston Herald) A Fiscal
Daily News Roundup - June 3, 2015
The Olympic Legacies Boston 2024 Won't Talk About (Storify) Our event last night Boston 2024 Campaign Making a Stop in Ashland (MetroWest Daily News) JP Progressives to Host June 3 Candidate Forum (JP Gazette) The Olympics will be on the agenda. Why Countries that Fight to Host the World Cup Are Wasting Their Time (WaPo) Westford Named in Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Westford News) Highlighted Letter: Big Dig...into Wallets (Boston Herald) Capuano: I'll Decide on Boston's Olympic
Daily News Roundup – May 19, 2015
USOC Board Member: Boston Bid No Sure Thing (Associated Press) USOC Official Says Boston Bid Not Certain (Boston Globe) Boston Still Being Vetted for Olympics (My Fox News) Budapest Moves Closer to 2024 Olympics Bid (Yahoo Sports) City Council Starts at the End in Olympics Talk (Boston.com) City of Angels Ready to Carry the Torch if Boston 2024 Bid Falters (Boston Herald) Games Backers Promise to Give Specifics in June (Boston Herald) Backers of Boston’s Olympic Bid Defend Co
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 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