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 - June 14, 2015
When "Winning" Gold Doesn't Require Stepping on a Field (Truth-Out) The Wins and Losses of Hosting the Olympics (Boston Globe) #WickedPissed Activists Halt Boston Pride Parade for 11 Minutes (The Rainbow Times) Why Soccer's FIFA Scandal Should Matter in Boston (Boston Globe) Organizers Hope Tokyo Stadium Design Will Be Ready by July (Reuters) #AndrewZimbalist #BostonPride #FIFA #Publicmoney #Tokyo2020
Daily News Roundup - June 1, 2015
F-Bombs, Shouting: Uncivil Discourse on Boston's Olympic Bid (AP) A very lazily written piece with a "both sides" frame. However, Britni de la Cretaz gets the last word: "People are asking questions because they care about our city. If they didn't care about the city, they wouldn't come to the meetings." Keller @ Large: Senate President ' Very Worried' about Boston Olympic Bid Funding (CBS Local) The Revolving Door Between FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (BostInn
Daily News Roundup - May 29, 2015
On the Bid Book Revelations: Boston 2024 'Bid Book,' Obtained by Journalists, Reveals Need for Public Money (Radio Boston) Bond Experts: Boston 2024 Financing Plan Contradicts Vow to Avoid Public Funds (Boston Business Journal) Fiscal Transparency Pledge Left out of Olympics Bid Document, Report Says (Boston Globe) Report: Boston 2024 Will Need Public Money (WEEI) What is "is" in Olympicspeak? (CommonWealth) The Lying Liars at Boston 2024 Have Been Caught in Their Olympic-Siz
Daily News Roundup - May 27, 2015
Brookline Town Meeting to Vote on Opposing Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Long-Awaited Postal Service Move Remains on Hold Despite Olympics Push (Boston Globe) Former Atlanta Mayor Says Olympics Were a Boon to the City (WBUR) Wonder what the 30,000 people who were displaced would say..... Stoughton Resident Urges Selectmen Not to Use Taxpayer Dollars for Olympics (Wicked Local - Stoughton) And in other mega-event news.... FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Sepp Blatt
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