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 - June 12, 2015
Walsh Thinks It's "Silly" People Are Upset He Didn't Read the Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Before Signing (Bay State Examiner) Boston Olympics Group Adds MBTA Fire Power to Its Team (BBJ) Boston 2024, brought to you by....the people running the MBTA. Well, that's comforting. Why the MBTA Will Save the Boston Olympics Bid (Queue the Laugh Track) Boston 2024 Made Another Venue Change (BostInno) Dorchester Park is Tapped as Olympics Venue (Boston Globe) Andrew Zimbalist Maintains Bos
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
Latest WBUR/MassINC Poll Shows that Boston Area Residents Still Say No to #Boston2024
WBUR and MassINC just released their latest poll on public support for the Boston 2024 bid, and it shows that Boston area residents oppose hosting the Olympics here 50% to 40%. The numbers look slightly better for Boston 2024 than they did last month, when support was 36% and opposition 52%. However, when you’re calling 40% support a comeback, you know things aren’t looking good. Especially when the bump could just be “statistical noise.” Support for hosting the Olympics is h
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 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 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 – March 5, 2015
Marty Walsh seems to think that the MBTA crisis isn’t enough of a reason to fix the MBTA, and that we need an international spectacle to do what we already should be doing for our city and our commonwealth. What leadership… Walsh Presses Case for 2024 Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Marty Walsh Strongly Defends Boston’s Olympic Bid During Speech (CBS Local) Walsh Says Olympic Bid Could Help Cure MBTA Woes (Boston Herald) Boston Mayor Strongly Defends Olympic Bid Amid Criticism (B
Daily News Roundup – February 24, 2015
Olympics Bid Organizers Discuss Issues with Residents in Roxbury (Boston Globe) Roxbury Residents Voice Concerns At Meeting on Boston Olympics (WBUR) Planned Olympic Transit Projects Pose Funding Challenge (Boston Globe) Taxpayers May Be on the Hook for $4B in Improvements for Olympics (WCVB) Walsh Could Put Taxpayers on the Hook for Olympics Cost Overruns (Bay State Examiner) Braceras: Boston Not up to Olympic 2024 Effort (Boston Herald) Olympic Organizers Reconsidering Bost
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