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

Just Say No (The Economist) “Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup is bad for a city’s health.” ‘Ask the Mayor’ with Marty Walsh (WGBH) “On a daily basis I don’t hear the anti-Olympic thing.” Uh…you put a gag order on your employees. Keep the Common Olympics-Free (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Meet at Franklin Park March 5 (Jamaica Plain Gazette) Here’s the Key Part of Boston’s New USOC Agreement (Boston.com) Push to Make “Boston” Games, “Commonwealth” Games (WWLP) #WorldCup

Probably the biggest news is that City Councilor Josh Zakim (Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway, Mission Hill) just filed for four ballot questions for this November’s elections: Boston City Councilor Proposes Olympics Ballot Questions (WBUR) Boston Residents Should Be Able to Vote on 2024 Olympics, City Councilor Says (MassLive.com) Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim Proposes Non-Binding Ballot Questions on 2024 Olympics (MassLive.com) City Councilor Josh Zakim Calls for Citywide V