The following testimony was given by Cassie Hurd on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee at the hearing of the Boston City Council's Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics on Friday, June 26, 2015: My name is Cassie Hurd; I'm an Allston resident and am here on behalf of No Boston 2024 and the Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee. I was immediately concerned when Boston was picked by the USOC in January as I knew the legacy of displacement the

Rich Davey was on On the Record yesterday. Janet Wu and Ed Harding did a good job at grilling him and rightfully asked why people should believe a word he said. Notably, he refused to rule out taxpayer-backed bonds for the Olympic stadium, and he continued using the Boston 2024 talking point that Widett Circle is just a tow lot. On the Record - Rich Davey - Segment 1 (WCVB) On the Record - Rich Davey - Segment 2 (WCVB) On the Record - Rich Davey - Segmetn 3 (WCVB) And in othe

The Olympic Legacies Boston 2024 Won't Talk About (Storify) Our event last night Boston 2024 Campaign Making a Stop in Ashland (MetroWest Daily News) JP Progressives to Host June 3 Candidate Forum (JP Gazette) The Olympics will be on the agenda. Why Countries that Fight to Host the World Cup Are Wasting Their Time (WaPo) Westford Named in Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Westford News) Highlighted Letter: Big Dig...into Wallets (Boston Herald) Capuano: I'll Decide on Boston's Olympic

The Legacy of Olympic Surveillance (Dig Boston) In Opposition to Boston 2024’s Olympics Bid, a Long History of Patriotic Resistance (WBUR) Evan Falchuk: Residents are Right to Be Concerned about Funding Boston Olympics (Mass Live) Boston’s 2024 Olympic Dreams, Pounded? (Fansided) International Woes: Boston in Not the Only City with Olympic Ambivalence and Opposition (WGBH) When Denver Rejected the Olympics in Favour of the Environment and Economics (Guardian) #Surveillance #S

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