Daily News Roundup - July 18/19, 2015
Imagine What Hosting 2016 Olympics Would've Cost Cash-Strapped Chicago (Chicago Tribune) Olympic Bidding Group Facing Political Pressures (Boston.com) Mass. Agencies Often Limit Access to Public Records (Boston Globe) Luxury-Home Lottos Reconsidered in Boston Housing Squeeze (Bloomberg) Boston2024 Can't Be Trusted to Pull off Olympics (Boston Globe) #FOIA #Transparency #Housing #BallotQuestion #EvanFalchuk #Chicago2016
Daily News Roundup - July 13, 2015
Latest Olympic Plan Leaves Media without a Home (Boston Globe) Mapping Tools Show Boston's Disparity (Boston Globe) Watch: Boston 2024 Activists Inform News Coverage (WGBH News) Including an interview with our Jonathan Cohn about our FOIA requests Boston Politician: Olympic Spending Reform Meaningless (Around the Rings) The Confederate Games of America (DigBoston) How Likely Are "Revenue Overruns" for Boston 2024? (BostInno) The Boston Follies: The Planned Rape of the Public
Daily News Roundup - July 7, 2015
Boston 2024 Counting on Corporate Cash for $1.52 Billion (Boston Globe) Budapest's 2024 Olympics Bid Moving Forward (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Hold First Quincy Meeting Thursday (Wicked Local - Quincy) Boston 2024 PR Games: Not Interested (DigBoston) Emails Highlight City Hall's Influence in Shaping Boston Olympics Committee of Power Players (BBJ) Allied Behind Olympics Ballot Question (NECN) SWAT STicker: Exclusive Docs Reveal 34-Main Deployment to Dalai Lama Visit Plus O
Daily News Roundup - June 29, 2015
AP-GfK Poll: Americans Show Strong Support for Home Olympics (AP) USOC has to poll the whole country to get positive numbers given how poorly they do in Boston. Japan in Twist over Controversial 'Bike Helmet' Design for Olympic Stadium (CNN) If Boston Stumbles in 2024 Olympics Bid, L.A. Could Be Asked to Step in (LA Times) Boston 2024 Boosters Set to Reveal Bid 2.0 on Monday (Boston Mag) Velodrome an Elusive Target for Boston (Boston Globe) BBJ's Bombshells, or What's the Mat
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
Daily News Roundup - June 26, 2015
Rome's City Council Votes in Favor of Rome 2024 Bid (AP) European city councils seem to actually vote on things. How novel. Mayor Walsh Has a Boston Olympics Problem of His Own Making (BBJ) City Hall Vetted Communications, FOIA Response with Boston 2024 PR Team (BBJ) Dot Gathering Airs Some Locals' Concerns about Olympics (Dorchester Reporter) Andrew Zimbalist on the Hidden Costs of Boston 2024 (WGBH News) Can Boston 2024 Win Over the Doubters? (NECN) No. Stupid question. #Do
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
Eight Things We Learned from the Northwind-City Hall Documents
Many people have criticized the fact that the Mayor’s Office and Boston 2024 seem to be interchangeable when it comes to the Olympic bid process. Recent documents gained from a public records request on communication between Northwind Strategies, Boston 2024’s PR firm, and the Mayor’s Office show the truth of such criticism. (1) The Mayor’s Office ran a statement by Mayor Walsh on the Olympic bid by Northwind for approval before releasing. On December 1st, Melina Schuler, sen
Daily News Roundup - June 19, 2015
The Latest in Venues.... Boston 2024's Pagliuca, Mayor Walsh Grilled on Transportation at TD Garden (Boston Mag) "The Celtics’ home would host basketball if the bid succeeds. But if North Station is closed for security concerns, how would people get there?" Toronto to Offer Hosting Help to Boston in Olympic Bid? (Toronto Sun) Walkable! Olympic Proposal Met with Skepticism, Support in Quincy (Patriot Ledger) Around the World... Former Residents of Vila Autódromo Denounce Probl
Daily News Roundup - June 6, 2015
Is the Grand Prix Taking Boston for a Ride? (Boston Mag) Marty Walsh's Bad Habits (Blue Mass Group) Parks Group Builds Its List of Olympics Questions (JP Gazette) Experts: Olympics Limit Freedoms, Boost Debt (JP Gazette) A report on our event from Tuesday Boston 2024 Skips Full White Stadium Costs (JP Gazette) Slow, Imprecise, Expensive: Boston Olympcis Requests Show a City Badly in Need of Sunshine (MuckRock) Boston 2024's Friday News Dump Donations from Ex-Chair John Fish H