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 2, 2015
JP Meeting JP Gives Hostile Reception to Olympics (JP Gazette) #Boston2024 Public Meeting June 30, 2015 (NECIR Storify) Boston 2024 Meeting in Jamaica Plain Draws Passionate Crowd (Jamaica Plain News) Boston 2024 and the Olympic Vision of Columbia Point (WGBH News) Economist Zimbalist: Olympic Funding Flaws, Smoke And Mirrors, And Cannabalizing Non-Profit Monies (WGBH News) USOC 'Focused Exclusively' on Boston, But L.A. Bid Backers Remain Hopeful (Boston Herald) Editorial Car
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 – April 29, 2015
Roxbury Crowd Fears Olympic Displacement (Boston Herald) Roxbury Residents Question Olympic Jobs Promises (Boston Globe) Here are the First Images of What Boston 2024 Plans for Its Legacy (BostInno) T Repair Facilities Pose Challenges to Olympic Stadium (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Needs to Rethink Its ‘Walkable Games’ Plan (BostInno) Roxbury Residents See Through Boston 2024’s Bullsh*t (Storify) Carr: Filling Olympics Trough Will Be Taxing Endeavor (Boston Herald) #PublicMoney
Daily News Roundup – April 26, 2015
What Boston 2024 Handed Over in That Private Meeting (United Independent) Boston’s Olympics Bid Links to the Worst Company in America (Terminalia) Poll Suggests Slight Gain for Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Article belies the title. Health Justice for Boston April Newsletter (Health Justice for Boston) Boston 2024 Declines to Divulge Fees to PR Firm (Boston Globe) #WidettCircle #ColumbiaPoint #Gentrification #Polling #Inequality #Consultants #PublicRelations
Daily News Roundup – April 9, 2015
Podcast: Britni de la Cretaz on Opposing Boston Hosting the 2024 Olympics (No Holds Barred) Falchuk: No Taxpayer Money for Olympics (Wicked Local – Newton) House Hears from Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) Behind closed doors Columbia Point Building Boom Goes on in Face of Olympics Push (Dorchester Reporter) #JO2024 : “Pouvoir planifier l’avenir de #Boston pour les Bostoniens et non pour le #CIO” (Sport & Société) For our Francophone friends #Activism #EvanFalchuk #Publicmoney #Ba
Daily News Roundup – March 13, 2015
The Secrets Boomerang on Games Organizers (Boston Globe) “If patronage was an Olympic sport, Boston 2024 would get the gold.” United Independent Party’s Evan Falchuk on the Quest for a Statewide Olympic Ballot Referendum (WGBH News) How Olympic Games Transform Urban Space (Storify) My Storified tweets from the lecture last night BRA Approves New Columbia Point Building That Olympic Organizers Would Want to Tear Down for Athlete Housing (Dorchester Reporter) Episode 410 with R
Daily News Roundup – January 30, 2015
Renaming Boston Spots, for 2024 Olympics and Beyond (Boston Globe) Some of these are quite funny. Like BoCo. At What Price Will the Games Be Worth It to Boston? (Boston Globe) Shirley Leung seems to have some skepticism for once. Although I must say, I found this to be hilarious: “It’s not that Olympics boosters are trying to pull a fast one on us….” Editorial: Tarr’s Olympic Bill Would Provide Needed Oversight (Gloucester Times) Editorial: Up Close with Olympics Elitism (Jam
Daily News Roundup – January 24, 2015
Landowners Say Consent Not Given for Games Plans (Boston Globe) Davey to Take Over Leadership of Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) Changing leadership already? A Look at Olympics Budget Points to Overruns (Boston Globe) Op-ed by Andrew Zimbalist, the economist who spoke at the No Boston Olympics meeting 3 Challenges for Boston 2024’s Olympic Bidding Documents (Boston.com) Opponents Weigh Referendum on Boston 2024 Olympics Bid (Washington Times) Editorial Cartoon: Olympics Speech (B
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