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Daily News Roundup – March 4, 2015

Boston Mayor’s Early Lessons (Boston Globe) Op-ed from Scott Lehigh: “Walsh clearly got too close too quickly, with too little homework,...

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)...

Olympics: New Group Calls for Rights-Respecting Bids (Human Rights Watch) House Bill Would Give Beacon Hill Oversight of Olympics Bid...

Rio to Ask Big Companies to Shut Down During Olympics (Reuters) Olympics Organizers Have Time to Talk (Boston Globe) “When I pulled Davey...

Olympics Bid Organizers Discuss Issues with Residents in Roxbury (Boston Globe) Roxbury Residents Voice Concerns At Meeting on Boston...

WBUR commissioned a new poll on public support for the Olympics and found a 13% rise in opposition since last month. Support for Boston...

Boston 2024 Team Begins D.C. Push for Political Support (Boston Globe) Boston Olympics is Bad News for Massachusetts Governor (The...

How London’s Olympics Went Way Over Budget (Boston.com) Boston 2024 Organizers to Meet with Mass. Congressional Delegation (Boston Globe)...

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...

‘Circus Maximus’ Tallies the Real Cost of Hosting the Olympics (WBUR) Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics (Scientific...