Daily News Roundup – April 7, 2015
The Legacy of Olympic Surveillance (Dig Boston) In Opposition to Boston 2024’s Olympics Bid, a Long History of Patriotic Resistance (WBUR) Evan Falchuk: Residents are Right to Be Concerned about Funding Boston Olympics (Mass Live) Boston’s 2024 Olympic Dreams, Pounded? (Fansided) International Woes: Boston in Not the Only City with Olympic Ambivalence and Opposition (WGBH) When Denver Rejected the Olympics in Favour of the Environment and Economics (Guardian) #Surveillance #S
Daily News Roundup – April 6, 2015
Villani: Perception of Boston 2024 Could Sink Bid (Boston Herald) Falchuk: Boston 2024 on Ballot to Earn Trust (Boston Herald) Fitzgerald: Fish Finds Himself Floundering on Hook in Olympic PR Mess (Boston Herald) Guest Column: Olympics in Boston Will Be a Financial Disaster (Sun Chronicle) John Kostrzewa: Secrecy Has Bred Skepticism over Boston 2024 Bid (Providence Journal) #Transparency #EvanFalchuk #JohnFish #PublicRelations #Costoverruns
Daily News Roundup – April 2, 2015
Who’s Footing the Bill for Boston 2024? (NECN) Independent Experts Can Study Boston 2024’s Books, Chief Says (Boston Globe) If Marty is a booster, his hires aren’t going to be particularly independent. Parents Offer Boston Olympics Our Playing Field for Track and Field Events (Curley K-8) April Fool’s Day humor from yesterday Mayor Walsh Sends Blunt Warning to USOC (Keller @ Large) “Hand-picked analysts” whose salaries will be “paid by Boston 2024.” LOL Boston 2024 Head Quest
Daily News Roundup – March 31, 2015
Sen. Warren ‘Really Concerned About’ Olympics Bid (WBUR) In Boston Olympic Bid Vote, More at Stake than Games (NYT) Boston 2024’s International Competition Notices Its Struggles (Boston Magazine) The BRA Wants to Extend Its Urban Renewal Authority (BostInno) Has Marty Walsh Ever Read the Boston 2024 Bid Documents? (Bay State Examiner) John Fish is Boston 2024’s Main Force–And Its Liability (Boston Globe) Historically, Local Voters Don’t Favor Olympics (Boston Globe) Another S
Daily News Roundup – March 24, 2015
Boston 2024 Asks People to Get Inspired by a Nazi Propaganda Film (Bay State Examiner) MADLIMPICS: Salt Lake Cost Overrun Edition (Dig Boston) Maura Healey Backs Olympic Referendum (Boston Herald) But how would she vote? Rio Olympic Village to Become Luxury Apartments After the Games, Despite the City’s Affordable Housing Crisis (Washington Post) Walsh Machine to Push Olympic Bid (WGBH News) “Team Walsh” Recruited for Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Beacon Hill Leaders
Daily News Roundup – March 17, 2015
Hamburg to Compete with Boston for 2024 Olympics (Boston.com) Letter: Boston Olympics is Bad for Western Ma. (Berkshire Eagle) Anti-Olympics Group Delivers Its Message (Worcester Business Journal) Editorial: Keep Off the Grass (Boston Herald) SXSports: Mega Events and the Damage Done (The Austin Chronicle) No Public Money on the Olympic? Falchuk Says Set It in Bronze (Sentinel & Enterprise) Olympic Consultants Help Bid Cities Make Their Case (Boston Globe) Legislature Hires O
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 9, 2015
Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid Leaves Some Wanting In Florence (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Falchuk Leads Western MA Discussion on Boston Olympic Bid (Boston Herald) Charlie Baker Demands 2024 Transparency (Boston Herald) Chabot: Hiring Deval for Olympics Bid Could Cost Big for Taxpayers (Boston Herald) Use of Taxpayer Money for Pro-Sports Arenas Draws Fresh Scrutiny (Wall Street Journal) Marty Walsh Told USOC That There is “No Real Opposition” to Boston’s Olympic Bid (Blue Mass Gro
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 – February 6, 2015
A lot of coverage of yesterday’s public meeting, highlighting the fact that the people were overwhelmingly opposed. I storified my tweets from it. Overruns Are Focus on Public Meeting on Boston Bid (NYT) Olympic Concerns Aired at Community Meeting (Boston Globe) Hundreds Attend First Public Meeting on Boston Olympics (CBS Local) Boston’s First Olympic Meeting Packed (My Fox Boston) Mayor, Community Discuss Boston 2024 (NECN) Mayor Holds 1st Meeting on Boston Olympics, Draws B