Daily News Roundup - July 15, 2015
Stadium Plan Raises Questions about $$$ Compensation for MBTA (State House News Service) This Is What Has Everybody So Worried about Boston's Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Six Development Takeaways from the BBJ's Interview with Boston 2024's Rich Davey (BBJ) City Councilor Sets Deadline for Boston Olympics Group to Produce Information (BBJ) No Holds Barred: Jonathan Cohn on Opposing Bosotn Hosting the 2024 Olympics (No Holds Barred) Number of Homeless Families in Boston up 25% (B
Testimony by Cassie Hurd at the 6/26 City Council Hearing on Boston 2024 Venues and Financing
The following testimony was given by Cassie Hurd on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee at the hearing of the Boston City Council's Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics on Friday, June 26, 2015: My name is Cassie Hurd; I'm an Allston resident and am here on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee. I was immediately concerned when Boston was picked by the USOC in January as I knew the legacy of displacement the
Daily News Roundup – May 22, 2015
Dear USOC, Nah, We Really Don’t Want the Olympics (Boston.com) US Delegation to Visit IOC Next Week for Talks on Boston Bid (Fox Sports) How Things Went Wrong for Boston’s Olympic Leader John Fish (Boston.com) Boston 2024’s Got a New Leader (Boston.com) New boss, same as the old boss Big Dig into Our Wallets Fuels Boston 2024 Fears (Sentinel & Enterprise) Boston 2024: Little Benefit from Olympics for North Shore (The Salem News) Here’s What We Learned from the Boston Redevelo
Daily News Roundup – May 15, 2015
2020 Summer Games Pact to Tape Tokyo Taxpayers (Boston Herald) City Releases 2020 Olympics Contract under Pressure from Herald (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Lack of Data on the Views of Boston’s Minorities (Boston Globe) There’s No Denying Los Angeles’s Growing Olympics Appeal (Boston Globe) Bay State’s DC Team Aggressively Noncommittal on Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid (WGBH) As Baker Bemoans Sluggish Boston 2024, Hiring for His Olympic Consultant Behind Schedule (Dorchester R
Daily News Roundup – February 14, 2015
JP Officials Voice Olympic Doubts and Concerns (JP Gazette) Olympics Organizers to Meet with Franklin Park Coalition (JP Gazette) Editorial: Olympics vs. Democracy (JP Gazette) Somerville Mayor Looks for Public Meetings on Olympics at Assembly Square (Wicked Local Somerville) Proposed Site of Boston’s Olympic Stadium Could Have an MBTA Problem (BostInno) “The Olympic rings and other venues…appear to sit on top of an MBTA maintenance yard, and completely conceal a stretch of t
Daily News Roundup – January 24, 2015
Landowners Say Consent Not Given for Games Plans (Boston Globe) Davey to Take Over Leadership of Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) Changing leadership already? A Look at Olympics Budget Points to Overruns (Boston Globe) Op-ed by Andrew Zimbalist, the economist who spoke at the No Boston Olympics meeting 3 Challenges for Boston 2024’s Olympic Bidding Documents (Boston.com) Opponents Weigh Referendum on Boston 2024 Olympics Bid (Washington Times) Editorial Cartoon: Olympics Speech (B