Daily News Roundup - June 2, 2015
An Olympic Effort at Transparency Is Needed (Boston Globe) Hiller Instinct: Boston 2024 Olympics Just Say No (WHDH TV) State Hires Cambrdige Firm to Analyze Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) If they really cared about protecting the public purse, they would just pull the bid. Boston Mayor Needs to Focus on the City (Boston Globe) Baker 'Pretty Sure' Statewide Olympic Venues in the Works (State House News Service) Not really "walkable" anymore then Arlington Debates Pros and Cons of
Daily News Roundup – May 21, 2015
What We Have Here is a Bait-and-Switch (3Wire Sports) Loudmouth Bully Boys Try to Squelch Dissent at Olympics Meeting (Universal Hub) Boston Olympic Concerns, Fixing America’s Infrastructure Issues & Public Art on the Greenway (WGBH News) Senate Moves to Require Approval of Olympics Spending (Boston Globe) Full of loopholes Diane Wilkerson Threw Hat into Ring (Boston Herald) What We Learned from the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s Emails with Boston 2024 (Boston Magazine) WB
Daily News Roundup – May 20, 2015
Locals Split on Olympics Bid at Fields Corner Meeting (Dorchester Reporter) Keller @ Large: Don’t Trust Olympic Officials (CBS Local) Mayor Assured USOC Still Backs Bid (Boston Herald) Boston 2024 Official Tells Mayor ‘the USOC’s Committed” to Boston (Boston Herald) Supporters, Foes Speak out on Olympics Bid in Dorchester (Boston Globe) #Boston2024 Community Meetings Continue to Be Unsafe and Hostile Spaces for Opposition (Safe Hub Collective) Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, H
Daily News Roundup – May 3, 2015
Dear Shirley: On the Subject of Media Coverage of Boston 2024 (Hester Prynne) Olympics Gentrification, Local Benefits Discussed (Mission Hill Gazette) Boston 2024 Organizers Face Tough Sell in Southie (Boston Globe) Professor: Olympics Would Harm Not Help Massachusetts (WBSM) Olympic Bid Faces Daunting Foreign Rivals (Boston Globe) In Boston 2024 They Don’t Trust (Boston Herald) #ShirleyLeung #Gentrification #Roxbury #SouthBoston #Paris2024 #Hamburg2024 #Rome2024 #Budapest202
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 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 24, 2015
If You Build Beach Volleyball, the Next Facebook Will Come (BostInno) Red Sox Executive Larry Lucchino in Talks with Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) Lawrence to Host Meeting to Discuss Boston’s Bid to Land Olympics in 2024 (Eagle Tribune) Boston 2024 Brings on Larry Bird, David Ortiz in Futile Effort (The Telegraph) Andrew Zimbalist on the Economic Implications of a #Boston2024 Olympics (Storify) FPC Creating Olympics Wish-List (JP Gazette) Editorial: The City’s New Smoke-Filled R
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 – 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
Daily News Roundup – April 10, 2015
Paris Set for Monday Vote to Approve 2024 Olympic Games Bid (GamesBids.com) Boston 2024 Take Note of 2022 Bids, More Drama to Come (GameBids.com) Case Study: City Hall Sends Its Man onto Civic Circuit (Dorchester Reporter) Many Ideas, No Plan for Franklin Park (Bay State Banner) Zolak & Bertrand: Shaughnessy Says ‘No Thanks’ to Boston Olympics (CBS Boston) In Olympics Bid, Risks and Rewards for State’s Top Politicians (Boston Globe) Boston Not Alone in Opposition to Olympics