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

How London’s Olympics Went Way Over Budget (Boston.com) Boston 2024 Organizers to Meet with Mass. Congressional Delegation (Boston Globe) Because they want some federal $$s Legislators File Bill to Make Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid More Transparent (WBUR) Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Files for Olympics Transparency, Airbnb Rules, and Restaurant Incentives (North End Waterfront) Gold-Level Accounting (Worcester Telegram) Meeting Aims at Transparent Olympic Process (The Huntington News)

Allow Her to Rain on the Mayor’s Parade (Boston Globe) A letter-to-the-editor from a JP resident who disapproved of Marty’s decision to host the parade when the MBTA was still a mess and traffic in gridlock. “Maybe that’s too much to ask from a mayor who apparently also believes that everyone in Boston wants to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Time is running out for this mayor to start listening.” Mayor Walsh’s Olympic-Sized Risk (Boston Globe) Boris Johnson Accused of Short-C

‘Circus Maximus’ Tallies the Real Cost of Hosting the Olympics (WBUR) Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics (Scientific American) Make Way for…Beach Volleyball? (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Problem: System Groans Under Weight of Demand (Boston Globe) Meet the Guys Who Got the Boston 2024 Movement Started (Boston.com) Boston Mayor Meets with Group Opposed to Olympics (WWLP) No Boston Olympics met with Marty. I can’t see Marty changing his mind just based on meet

A lot of coverage of yesterday’s public meeting, highlighting the fact that the people were overwhelmingly opposed. I storified my tweets from it. Overruns Are Focus on Public Meeting on Boston Bid (NYT) Olympic Concerns Aired at Community Meeting (Boston Globe) Hundreds Attend First Public Meeting on Boston Olympics (CBS Local) Boston’s First Olympic Meeting Packed (My Fox Boston) Mayor, Community Discuss Boston 2024 (NECN) Mayor Holds 1st Meeting on Boston Olympics, Draws B

Pol Calls for Hearings on Olympics Transportation Plans (Boston Herald) Pol is Bob Hedlund. Olympic Committee Drops Plans for Housing Spectators (Boston Globe) Boston Goes for the Cold! (Boston Globe) A sendup of the Olympic bid What’s the Boston 2024 Price Tag? (NECN) Atkins Speaks Out on Olympics Plan (Wicked Local – Concord) Rep. Cory Atkins, who was involved with the process and is a cheerleader for Boston 2024: “I didn’t see the plans beforehand because we’re in such dee

City Councilor Josh Zakim Wants the Olympics on the 2015 Boston Ballot (BostInno) Editorial: Olympic Ballot Nonsense (Boston Herald) While I support the push for a referendum, the Herald raises some good points, namely that if politicians think this is a bad idea, they should just say so. #BOSolympics: A Referendum that Can Lose But Still Win (WGBH News) T Woes Raise Worries about Olympic Travel (Boston Globe) MBTA Problems Show Either (a) We Can’t or (b) We Must Host the Oly

Transit, Olympic Boards ‘Coordinating’ on Plans (Boston Herald) “Officials crafting Boston’s new long-term transportation plan say they are coordinating with the group pushing to bring the 2024 Summer Games to the Hub but deny the Olympic bid is controlling transit strategy — despite close ties between the two boards.” Does anyone really believe that? Residents Slam 2024 Bid over Transportation Woes (Boston Herald) “Why should hosting the Olympics hold our city’s transportati