Daily News Roundup - June 23, 2015
Rep. Lynch Against Proposed Olympic Stadium (NECN) Boston 2024: Olympic Whitewater Canoe/Kayak Slalom Races Would Be on Deerfield River in Franklin, Berkshire Counties (MassLive) Does Boston 2024 Have an Intern Problem? (Bay State Examiner) Harvard No Longer Slated as Boston 2024 Tennis Host (Harvard Crimson) Support for Boston 2024 is Not Too Low to Win Olympic Bid (CommonWealth) Because the IOC has as much disregard for public opinion as Boston 2024 does, apparently. Steve
Daily News Roundup - June 22, 2015
Questions Remain About Boston 2024's Plans for Olympic Referendum (AP) Olympic Promises Fails as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided Nation (Guardian) The Forgotten Cost of the "Miracle on Ice" (BostInno) For Some, Boston Olympics Opposition Unconditional (Boston.com) Here's How Boston's Olympic Bid Could Be Dropped (Boston.com) Keller @ Large: Lynch Disappointed in President over Trade Deal (CBS Local) Lynch expresed his opposition to the stadium in Widett Circle. Ou
Daily News Roundup - June 20, 2015
Survey: Many Franklin Park Neighbors Oppose Olympics (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Seeks Youth Groups for Dubious 'Olympic Day' Event (JP Gazette) Author Questions Olympics Numbers (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Stretches Its Definition of Walkable Olympics (Boston Globe) And Around the World... Paris to Announce 2024 Olympic Bid Next Week (AP) Olympic Stadium Cost Rises to £701m from Initial £280m Estimate (Guardian) Olympic Promises Fail as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided
Daily News Roundup – May 3, 2015
Dear Shirley: On the Subject of Media Coverage of Boston 2024 (Hester Prynne) Olympics Gentrification, Local Benefits Discussed (Mission Hill Gazette) Boston 2024 Organizers Face Tough Sell in Southie (Boston Globe) Professor: Olympics Would Harm Not Help Massachusetts (WBSM) Olympic Bid Faces Daunting Foreign Rivals (Boston Globe) In Boston 2024 They Don’t Trust (Boston Herald) #ShirleyLeung #Gentrification #Roxbury #SouthBoston #Paris2024 #Hamburg2024 #Rome2024 #Budapest202
Daily News Roundup – April 15, 2015
Our Area Would Strain under Weight of Olympics (Boston Globe) Can an Olympics Fight Inequality? (Inequality.org) Bidding Race for 2024 Olympics Starting to Get Crowded (AP) If It’s Such a Good Bet, Why Won’t Wealthy Boosters Put Money on the Line? (Boston Globe) Olympics Chief Scott Blackmun to Address Bentley U’s Class of 2015 (Boston Business Journal) Remove Scott Blackmun, CEO of USOC, from Commencement (Change.org) #Inequality #Gentrification #Displacement #Rome2024 #Pari
Daily News Roundup – April 13, 2015
Paris City Council Clears Way for 2024 Olympic Bid (AP) Bill Linehan Announces 4 New Hearings on 2024 Olympics (Caught in Southie) On the Record: Interview with Chris Dempsey (On the Record/WCVB) Boston 2024 Bid on “Much More Positive Track Soon” Claims USOC Chairman (Inside the Games) #Paris2024 #CityCouncil #NoBostonOlympics #USOC #LarryProbst
Daily News Roundup – April 10, 2015
Paris Set for Monday Vote to Approve 2024 Olympic Games Bid (GamesBids.com) Boston 2024 Take Note of 2022 Bids, More Drama to Come (GameBids.com) Case Study: City Hall Sends Its Man onto Civic Circuit (Dorchester Reporter) Many Ideas, No Plan for Franklin Park (Bay State Banner) Zolak & Bertrand: Shaughnessy Says ‘No Thanks’ to Boston Olympics (CBS Boston) In Olympics Bid, Risks and Rewards for State’s Top Politicians (Boston Globe) Boston Not Alone in Opposition to Olympics
Daily News Roundup – April 7, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup – March 31, 2015
Sen. Warren ‘Really Concerned About’ Olympics Bid (WBUR) In Boston Olympic Bid Vote, More at Stake than Games (NYT) Boston 2024’s International Competition Notices Its Struggles (Boston Magazine) The BRA Wants to Extend Its Urban Renewal Authority (BostInno) Has Marty Walsh Ever Read the Boston 2024 Bid Documents? (Bay State Examiner) John Fish is Boston 2024’s Main Force–And Its Liability (Boston Globe) Historically, Local Voters Don’t Favor Olympics (Boston Globe) Another S