Daily News Roundup - June 20, 2015
Survey: Many Franklin Park Neighbors Oppose Olympics (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Seeks Youth Groups for Dubious 'Olympic Day' Event (JP Gazette) Author Questions Olympics Numbers (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Stretches Its Definition of Walkable Olympics (Boston Globe) And Around the World... Paris to Announce 2024 Olympic Bid Next Week (AP) Olympic Stadium Cost Rises to £701m from Initial £280m Estimate (Guardian) Olympic Promises Fail as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided
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
Daily News Roundup – May 9, 2015
Boston 2024 Changes Franklin Park Plan (JP Gazette) London Protester: Olympics Damaged Park (JP Gazette) Anti-Olympics Speakers to Talk Displacement, Surveillance (JP Gazette) The Globe’s I-93 Off-Ramp (CommonWealth) Marathon Rescue Hero Joins Anti-Olympics Protest (JP Gazette) Newly Released Boston 2024 Budget Details Contained in UMass Records (Boston Magazine) What if Girding for Climate Change Were an Olympic Event? (Boston Globe) 500 Days Out, Rio Risks Olympics Cost Sur
Daily News Roundup – April 24, 2015
If You Build Beach Volleyball, the Next Facebook Will Come (BostInno) Red Sox Executive Larry Lucchino in Talks with Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) Lawrence to Host Meeting to Discuss Boston’s Bid to Land Olympics in 2024 (Eagle Tribune) Boston 2024 Brings on Larry Bird, David Ortiz in Futile Effort (The Telegraph) Andrew Zimbalist on the Economic Implications of a #Boston2024 Olympics (Storify) FPC Creating Olympics Wish-List (JP Gazette) Editorial: The City’s New Smoke-Filled R
Daily News Roundup – April 11, 2015
Where City Councilors Stand on the Olympics (JP Gazette) Franklin Park Gets Key Role, But No Answers, in Olympic Debate (JP Gazette) Olympics Bid Focus Shifting from Fish (Boston Globe) Sacrifice, Thrill Discussed at Forum on Boston Olympics Bid (Wicked Local – Melrose) Peter Lucas: Maria’s Right: Torch Plan for Another Olympics Study (Lowell Sun) USOC’s Blackmun Hopes Better Communication, Decisions Help Change Tone in Boston (Sports Business Daily) “Beachhead”? #CityCouncil
Daily News Roundup – April 10, 2015
Paris Set for Monday Vote to Approve 2024 Olympic Games Bid (GamesBids.com) Boston 2024 Take Note of 2022 Bids, More Drama to Come (GameBids.com) Case Study: City Hall Sends Its Man onto Civic Circuit (Dorchester Reporter) Many Ideas, No Plan for Franklin Park (Bay State Banner) Zolak & Bertrand: Shaughnessy Says ‘No Thanks’ to Boston Olympics (CBS Boston) In Olympics Bid, Risks and Rewards for State’s Top Politicians (Boston Globe) Boston Not Alone in Opposition to Olympics
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 27, 2015
Public Sentiment Shifting on Boston 2024 Olympics Bid (Bay State Banner) Franklin Park Leaders: We Need More Info from Boston 2024 Planners (Dorchester Reporter) Boston 2024, or the Raven Returns (Boston Globe) Zakim Continuing Push for Boston-Only Olympics Ballot Questions, But Sets Conditions for Backing Statewide Question Instead (Universal Hub) Carr: Who Crowned Olympics Cheese King of the State? (Boston Herald) Editorial Cartoon: Boston Olympics Bungling (Boston Globe) L
Daily News Roundup – March 14, 2015
Editorial: The Answer Behind the Franklin Park Olympics Non-Answers (JP Gazette) Editorial: Mayor Walsh’s Big Picture (JP Gazette) Community Skeptical of Franklin Park Olympics Use (JP Gazette) No Boston Olympics Visits Worcester (Worcester Magazine) The USOC is Unfazed by Low 2024 Boston Olympics Polling (WGBH News) I see that John Fish isn’t the only word misusing the word “socialize.” St. Patrick Has a Special Blessing Ready for the Boston 2024 Olympic Committee (WGBH News
Daily News Roundup – March 7, 2015
Patrick Tapped to Help Lobby IOC for Boston’s Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Marty Walsh’s Office Finds Missing Boston 2024 Olympics Emails (Muck Rock) City Council’s first Olympic hearing yesterday: Our Storify of the meeting: City Council Finally Remembers That It Exists Olympics Marketing Agreement, More Issues Raised at City Council Hearing (Boston.com) City Councilors Raise Concerns about Boston’s Olympics Bid (Boston Herald) City Councilors Press Olympics Backers for Detail