On the Bid Book: Has Anyone at City Hall Read the Boston 2024 Bid Book? (Boston Mag) Former Boston 2024 CEO Sheds Light on Bid's Financing, Land Acquisition (Boston Mag) Honeymoon over for Walsh? (CommonWealth) Walsh Signed Olympic Bid Without Reading It Because It Was "Many, Many Pages" (Bay State Examiner) Mayor Walsh Never Actually Read the Olympic Bid Before Pitching It (BostInno) Reading Is Fundamental--Except When It Comes to Olympic Bid Documents (Universal Hub) Walsh

Boston Globe Fails to Understand South Boston Olympic Opposition (Universal Hub) Refusing to Host the Olympics: The Deceptive IOC Brand (Scoop) Striking Omissions in Boston 2024 Board Members’ Bios (Boston Globe) Walsh’s Hypocrisy on Taking Money from Boston 2024 (Bay State Examiner) Why the Last Two U.S. Olympic Bids Failed (BostInno) #IOC #Boston2024Board #MoCowan #DanOConnell #MartyWalsh #NYC2012 #Chicago2016 #SouthBoston

A few days ago, Boston 2024 rolled outs its new 30-member board of directors, a mix of (mostly) corporate executives, athletes, and USOC officials. The Globe printed a handy list of all 30 members and a line or two of background information. However, in at least two cases, the Globe gave rather deceptive descriptions. The first is Mo Cowan, who has already been a government relations adviser for Boston 2024 for some time. The Globe describes him as “the former chief of staf