Who’s Footing the Bill for Boston 2024? (NECN) Independent Experts Can Study Boston 2024’s Books, Chief Says (Boston Globe) If Marty is a booster, his hires aren’t going to be particularly independent. Parents Offer Boston Olympics Our Playing Field for Track and Field Events (Curley K-8) April Fool’s Day humor from yesterday Mayor Walsh Sends Blunt Warning to USOC (Keller @ Large) “Hand-picked analysts” whose salaries will be “paid by Boston 2024.” LOL Boston 2024 Head Quest

The Boston Olympics Con Job (The Nation) No Boston 2024 in The Nation ** Is the Olympic Opposition Going to Turn? (Boston Globe) NBO’s response Colorado Voices: Why Not Have a Permanent Site for the Olympics? (Denver Post) Editorial: First Up, An Olympics of Public Skepticism on the 2024 Games (Daily Hampshire Gazette) 2024 Olympics Question Would Be Good on November 2016 Ballot, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Says (Mass Live) What Does No Boston Olympics Think About the Bo

The Olympic Gamble for Boston (Boston Globe) Patrick to Work Once a Month for Boston 2024, CEO Davey Says (Boston Herald) Olympic Bid Draws Power Players (Boston Globe) Patrick to Forego Boston 2024 Consulting Fee (Boston.com) Trying to fix the bad PR, but it’s not going to work Chris Dempsey Leaves Bain & Co., as Olympics Battle Rages On (Fortune) Mayor’s Chief of Staff Formally Discloses Ties to Boston 2024 Executive (Dorchester Reporter) Took long enough. Patrick’s Promoti

Hamburg to Compete with Boston for 2024 Olympics (Boston.com) Letter: Boston Olympics is Bad for Western Ma. (Berkshire Eagle) Anti-Olympics Group Delivers Its Message (Worcester Business Journal) Editorial: Keep Off the Grass (Boston Herald) SXSports: Mega Events and the Damage Done (The Austin Chronicle) No Public Money on the Olympic? Falchuk Says Set It in Bronze (Sentinel & Enterprise) Olympic Consultants Help Bid Cities Make Their Case (Boston Globe) Legislature Hires O

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

Can a Host Country Make Money on the Olympics or the World Cup? (The Brian Lehrer Show) No. Editorial: Many Questions Remain Over Prospect of Boston 2024 Olympics (Worcester Telegram) How Does Boston 2024 Pay Stack Up? (Boston.com) Behind the Push to Keep the Olympics out of Boston (The Scrum) Have Sports Become “Too Big to Fail”? (Only a Game) Rich Davey Insists Pols, Lobbyists Won’t Chase Public Funds (Boston Herald) Sure… Boston 2024 Hires Defended (Boston Herald) Olympic

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

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

Patrick Tapped to Help Lobby IOC for Boston’s Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Marty Walsh’s Office Finds Missing Boston 2024 Olympics Emails (Muck Rock) City Council’s first Olympic hearing yesterday: Our Storify of the meeting: City Council Finally Remembers That It Exists Olympics Marketing Agreement, More Issues Raised at City Council Hearing (Boston.com) City Councilors Raise Concerns about Boston’s Olympics Bid (Boston Herald) City Councilors Press Olympics Backers for Detail

‘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