Daily News Roundup - July 17, 2015
Coalition Files Petition for Olympics Ballot Question (WBUR) Black Leaders Say Olympics Plan Shortchanges Diversity, Minority Neighborhoods (BBJ) Complexities Abound for Boston 2024's Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Confession: I Want the Olympics, Just Not These Olympics (Boston.com) Globe, Fox25 to Host Prime Time Olympic Debate (Boston Globe) Cities Have Grown Weary of USOC, IOC Games #USOCGoHome! (Universal Hub) Kosciuszko Circle on National Registry of Historic Places (Dorche
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 25, 2015
No Boston 2024 Meets with Arlington Residents (Arlington Advocate) As Bayside Expo's Razing Nears, Interest in Parcel Grows (Boston Globe) Brazil Plans 60,000 Security Force for Olympics: Source (Reuters) Journalists Should Submit *All* Records Requests through Media Relations, Says Mayor's Office (MuckRock) Economic Crap Shoot? The Real Cost of the Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (JP Forum) FIFA Scandal May Affect Boston's 2024 Bid (Boston Globe) Environmental Concerns Cloud Volleyb
Daily News Roundup – April 14, 2015
Terje Haakonsen: Greed pushes Olympics, snowboarding on downhill course (The Asahi Shimbun) Bay State Residents Oppose Boston 2024 Olympics (Gravis Marketing) Carr: For 2024, Poll Says Winning Fans a Herculean Task (Boston Herald) #Corruption #IOC #Polling
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 – March 11, 2015
Deval Patrick’s Involvement in Boston 2024 Olympics Bid ‘Disappoints’ Northampton Crowd: Evan Falchuk (MassLive) Councillor Calls for Hearings on Olympics’ Diversity, Sex Trafficking (Dorchester Reporter) A Letter to the Editor: Boston 2024 Community Meeting (Caught in Southie) Capuano Criticizes Olympic Effort to Mislead on Transportation; Wonders About Boston 2024 Payroll (WGBH News) Boston Being Played for a Fool in the Political, Olympic Game (Boston.com) Mayor Marty Wals
Daily News Roundup – March 10, 2015
Deval, Mitt, Marty, and More: the Politics of the Boston Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Comparing the New Videos from Boston 2024 & No Boston Olympics (BostInno) Mayor Walsh’s Office Turn Public Records Requests about the Olympics into PR (Pioneer Institute) Boston, Bay State Don’t Need the Olympics (BusinessWest) Will Boston City Council Shield Us from the Olympics? (DigBoston) No. Olympics Funding Has Big Dig Ring (Boston Globe) Olympic Records (Dig Boston) Beacon Hill’s Top 3 S
Daily News Roundup – March 8, 2015
Boston 2024 Bid Book Meets Reality (Boston Globe) Walsh, Boston 2024 Too Close for Comfort (Boston Globe) Excellent op-ed by Yvonne Abraham Carr: Deval’s Gang Back in Place for 2024 Hackarama (Boston Herald) Boston Olympic Bid May Pick Patrick vs. Baker (Boston Herald) Organizers Elusive about Pay for Former Bay State Gov (Boston Herald) Evan Falchuk, Smith College Prof. Andrew Zimbalist Leading Forum on Massachusetts’ 2024 Olympic Bid in Northampton Sunday (MassLive) Holmes:
Daily News Roundup – March 6, 2015
Walsh Advisers Joining Olympic Effort (Boston Globe) Will Marty vacate his job and join them next? Walsh to USOC: No “Real Opposition” to Olympics in Boston (Bay State Examiner) Marty has a lot of chutzpah. See the statement I provided for No Boston 2024. Olympic Organizers Promise to Leave a Pool in Franklin Park, But at What Cost? (Universal Hub) Park Backers Irked by Lack of Specifics from Boston 2024 (Jamaica Plain News) #Franklin Park 2024 (Storify) Our Storify of the Fr