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
Daily News Roundup - July 10, 2015
Some New Polling: WBUR Poll: Deadline Looming, Public Support Of Boston’s Olympic Bid Largely Unchanged (WBUR) Boston 2024's Olympic Bid Faces Skepticism Desite New Proposal, Poll Finds (NYT) Poll: Massachsetts Support for 2024 Olympics in Boston Remains Lukwarm (MassLive) New Polls Show Public Still Not On-Board with Boston Olympics Plans (Boston.com) Olympic Organizers' Plan for Widett Circle Pits Stephen Lynch against Marty Walsh (WGBH News) Voters Shunning Olympics, Poll
Daily News Roundup - July 6, 2015
Think the Guardian's trying to send a message.... Olympic Legacy Failure: Inspiring London 2012 Message Has Become a Millstone (Guardian) Olympic Legacy Failure: Sporting Numbers Plummit Amid Confusion and Blame (Guardian) Olympic Legacy Failure: Tessa Jowell Attacks 'Wicked' Coalition Government (Guardian) Olympic Legacy Failure: Sports Centres Under Assault by Thousand Council Cuts (Guardian) Olympic Legacy Failure: Access to School Sport Now a Postcode Lottery (Guardian) H
Daily News Roundup - June 30, 2015 - Bid 2.0
Bid 2.0 came out yesterday, and it's filled with magic, lies, and bad ideas. Boston's Revised '24 Bid Criticized as Incomplete (NYT) State Leaders React Cautiously to Bid 2.0 (CommonWealth) Boston 2024 Promises a Lot at 'Minimal Risk' (CommonWealth) But even what they're promisng isn't good. See Which Real Estate Leaders Helped Boston 2024 Craft Its Financing Plan (BBJ) Boston 2024 Pressed for Details -- But Remain Vague -- on Insurance, Taxpayer Risks (BBJ) Here's What the B
Daily News Roundup - June 3, 2015
The Olympic Legacies Boston 2024 Won't Talk About (Storify) Our event last night Boston 2024 Campaign Making a Stop in Ashland (MetroWest Daily News) JP Progressives to Host June 3 Candidate Forum (JP Gazette) The Olympics will be on the agenda. Why Countries that Fight to Host the World Cup Are Wasting Their Time (WaPo) Westford Named in Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Westford News) Highlighted Letter: Big Dig...into Wallets (Boston Herald) Capuano: I'll Decide on Boston's Olympic
Daily News Roundup – April 29, 2015
Roxbury Crowd Fears Olympic Displacement (Boston Herald) Roxbury Residents Question Olympic Jobs Promises (Boston Globe) Here are the First Images of What Boston 2024 Plans for Its Legacy (BostInno) T Repair Facilities Pose Challenges to Olympic Stadium (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Needs to Rethink Its ‘Walkable Games’ Plan (BostInno) Roxbury Residents See Through Boston 2024’s Bullsh*t (Storify) Carr: Filling Olympics Trough Will Be Taxing Endeavor (Boston Herald) #PublicMoney
Daily News Roundup – April 3, 2015
Opposition Stop Confusing the Boston 2024 Opposition Groups (BostInno) Different Strategies, Same Goal: How Boston’s Olympic Opponents Work Together (Boston.com) They Just Don’t Want the Olympics (Boston.com) Omnishambles Boston Olympic Bid is a Problem of U.S.O.C.’s Own Making (NYT) Walsh Seeks to Open “Office of Olympic Accountability,” Funded by Boston 2024 (Bay State Examiner) Walsh: Yes, New Public Money Will Be Needed for 2024 Upgrades (Dorchester Reporter) And look at
Daily News Roundup – March 19, 2015
Here’s the Complete 2024 Olympic Economic Study from the Boston Foundation (BostInno) About an Olympics Push, ‘March Madness,’ and Other Notions (Dorchester Reporter) UMass Report Lays out the Plusses of 2024 Games, and Adds a Big ‘But’ (Dorchester Reporter) A Carnival of Mansplaining: Boston 2024 Comes to Cambridge (Storify) From last night’s meeting Dear Boston 2024: Just Be Your Rich, Well-Connected Selves (Hester Prynne) The Boston 2024 Community Meeting Drinking Game (Di
Daily News Roundup – March 18, 2015
FOPG Seeks New Venues for Olympics (Beacon Hill Times) Boston Olympics Bid is Bad News for Charlie Baker (MassPoliticsProfs) Snow Problems in Boston Send a Chill Through 2024 Olympics Bid (LA Times) Keller @ Large: Fear that Boston 2024 Olympics is Big Dig 2 (CBS Boston) MBTA is Top Concern at Olympics Forum (CBS Boston) When It Comes to Funding, Let’s Hold Boston 2024’s Feed to the Flame (Boston Globe) Until There is a Referendum, This Will Not Be ‘Boston’s Bid’ (Boston Glob
Daily News Roundup – February 21, 2015
Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid Can’t Include Boston Marathon Course (Competitor.com) Somerville Neighborhood News: Skepticism for Boston 2024 Olympics (Wicked Local – Somerville) Gov. Baker Supportive of Olympic Bid Review (Dorchester Reporter) T Lawyer Jumps Ship for Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) If the problem with the T is “bad management,” then what does it say that Boston 2024 is being run by former MBTA leadership? Hosting Olympics Can Be Game Changer, But What About After? (W