Daily News Roundup – March 24, 2015
Boston 2024 Asks People to Get Inspired by a Nazi Propaganda Film (Bay State Examiner) MADLIMPICS: Salt Lake Cost Overrun Edition (Dig Boston) Maura Healey Backs Olympic Referendum (Boston Herald) But how would she vote? Rio Olympic Village to Become Luxury Apartments After the Games, Despite the City’s Affordable Housing Crisis (Washington Post) Walsh Machine to Push Olympic Bid (WGBH News) “Team Walsh” Recruited for Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Beacon Hill Leaders
Daily News Roundup – March 23, 2015
Kerry Visits IOC Site, Makes Pitch for 2024 (Boston Globe) Because he doesn’t have more important things going on right now? Carr: Torch the Games with a Ballot (Boston Herald) Boston 2024: Get in that Olympic Spirit by Watching Some Leni Riefenstahl and a Movie about Vengeance for the Murder of Israeli Athletes (Universal Hub) Boston 2024 Tells Supporters to “Get Inspired” by Watching a Leni Riefenstahl Film (Blue Mass Group) Boston 2024 Must Shed Baggage of Past (Boston Her
Daily News Roundup – March 21, 2015
Instead of Pitching Games, Let us Win at Making Boston Climate-Safe (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Grassroots Campaign Makes Use of Political Players (Boston Globe) Interesting use of “grassroots” Fed-Up Public Forced This ‘Change of Heart’ from Deval (Boston Herald) Walsh Hits Reset Button in Quest for Olympic Gold (Boston Herald) How about hitting “abort” instead? Editorial: Olympic Support Fizzles (Boston Herald) Spring Won’t Change Gloomy Forecast for Boston 2024 (Boston Glob
Daily News Roundup – March 14, 2015
Editorial: The Answer Behind the Franklin Park Olympics Non-Answers (JP Gazette) Editorial: Mayor Walsh’s Big Picture (JP Gazette) Community Skeptical of Franklin Park Olympics Use (JP Gazette) No Boston Olympics Visits Worcester (Worcester Magazine) The USOC is Unfazed by Low 2024 Boston Olympics Polling (WGBH News) I see that John Fish isn’t the only word misusing the word “socialize.” St. Patrick Has a Special Blessing Ready for the Boston 2024 Olympic Committee (WGBH News
Daily News Roundup – March 11, 2015
Deval Patrick’s Involvement in Boston 2024 Olympics Bid ‘Disappoints’ Northampton Crowd: Evan Falchuk (MassLive) Councillor Calls for Hearings on Olympics’ Diversity, Sex Trafficking (Dorchester Reporter) A Letter to the Editor: Boston 2024 Community Meeting (Caught in Southie) Capuano Criticizes Olympic Effort to Mislead on Transportation; Wonders About Boston 2024 Payroll (WGBH News) Boston Being Played for a Fool in the Political, Olympic Game (Boston.com) Mayor Marty Wals
Daily News Roundup – March 10, 2015
Deval, Mitt, Marty, and More: the Politics of the Boston Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Comparing the New Videos from Boston 2024 & No Boston Olympics (BostInno) Mayor Walsh’s Office Turn Public Records Requests about the Olympics into PR (Pioneer Institute) Boston, Bay State Don’t Need the Olympics (BusinessWest) Will Boston City Council Shield Us from the Olympics? (DigBoston) No. Olympics Funding Has Big Dig Ring (Boston Globe) Olympic Records (Dig Boston) Beacon Hill’s Top 3 S
Daily News Roundup – March 9, 2015
Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid Leaves Some Wanting In Florence (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Falchuk Leads Western MA Discussion on Boston Olympic Bid (Boston Herald) Charlie Baker Demands 2024 Transparency (Boston Herald) Chabot: Hiring Deval for Olympics Bid Could Cost Big for Taxpayers (Boston Herald) Use of Taxpayer Money for Pro-Sports Arenas Draws Fresh Scrutiny (Wall Street Journal) Marty Walsh Told USOC That There is “No Real Opposition” to Boston’s Olympic Bid (Blue Mass Gro
Daily News Roundup – March 8, 2015
Boston 2024 Bid Book Meets Reality (Boston Globe) Walsh, Boston 2024 Too Close for Comfort (Boston Globe) Excellent op-ed by Yvonne Abraham Carr: Deval’s Gang Back in Place for 2024 Hackarama (Boston Herald) Boston Olympic Bid May Pick Patrick vs. Baker (Boston Herald) Organizers Elusive about Pay for Former Bay State Gov (Boston Herald) Evan Falchuk, Smith College Prof. Andrew Zimbalist Leading Forum on Massachusetts’ 2024 Olympic Bid in Northampton Sunday (MassLive) Holmes:
Daily News Roundup – March 6, 2015
Walsh Advisers Joining Olympic Effort (Boston Globe) Will Marty vacate his job and join them next? Walsh to USOC: No “Real Opposition” to Olympics in Boston (Bay State Examiner) Marty has a lot of chutzpah. See the statement I provided for No Boston 2024. Olympic Organizers Promise to Leave a Pool in Franklin Park, But at What Cost? (Universal Hub) Park Backers Irked by Lack of Specifics from Boston 2024 (Jamaica Plain News) #Franklin Park 2024 (Storify) Our Storify of the Fr
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