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

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

Anybody But Boston in 2024 (Boson Globe) From one of the Globe’s sports columnists Walsh Says Boston Wouldn’t Use Eminent Domain for Olympics Stadium (Boston.com) The headline is inaccurate. He says that he won’t. He is also not the BRA, the agency that does. The state legislature could also have a public-private entity do it. Boston Will Not Use Eminent Domain to Build an Olympic Stadium (Updated with Clarification) (Washington Post) That clarification is important. IOC Lead

Opponents Weigh Referendum on Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid (WBUR) 2024 Boston Olympics? Let the Lawsuits Begin (MetroWest Daily News) US Should Foot Part of the Bill for Olympics (Boston Globe) Globe Editorial Board calling for use of public funds. Don’t worry, I’m sure Boston 2024 is already lobbying for that. Knucklehead of the Week: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (San Francisco Chronicle) Falchuk Looking to Grow Independent Party, Reject Olympics (iBerkshires.com) 2024: The Year o

Jondergate Boston 2024 Free Speech Kerfuffle: Walsh’s Explanation Worse Than Original Ban (WBUR) Mayor Walsh’s Letter to City Employees (Boston Globe) What bull. Walsh Tries to Clarify USOC Rule on Bid Talk (Boston Globe) “Walsh, however, has not said if he plans to change the agreement.” Spoiler: He has none. Boston’s Ban on Anti-Olympics Talk is Unproductive (Fortune) Lawyers: Boston “Has to Be Ready” for Lawsuits over Deal Requiring Employees to Support Olympics Bid (Massl

The two biggest stories from yesterday were Marty Walsh’s gag order on city employees and Boston 2024’s partial release of the bid to the public. Joindergate Walsh OK’d Ban on Criticism of Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Not only does the document he signed ban city employees from criticizing the Olympics, the IOC, or the USOC, but it also requires them to actively promote the bid. The authoritarianism of the Olympics on clear display. Walsh, Olympic Committee Must Drop Ban on Cr

Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid Thrown into Doubt (Wall Street Journal) Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Could Be in Jeopardy with Voter Referendum (LA Times) Could Vote Kill Boston Olympic Bid? (Chicago Tribune) Walsh Opposes Putting Olympics Question to Voters (WCVB) Boston Mayor Says He Won’t Try to Block Referendum on Hosting 2024 Olympics (New York Times) Doesn’t mean he wants it to happen though, as the prior link shows. Berlin Will Hold Olympic Referendum if Chosen for 2024 Bid (Bos