Daily News Roundup - June 3, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup - May 26, 2015
The pushback against Shirley Leung's disaster of a column continues... Don't Tell Us What 'We' Think, Globe (Boston Globe) Shakespearen Taunting Does Not Advance Olympic Debate (Boston Globe) Shirley's Normal: Columnist Completely Misses the Mark...Again (Dig Boston) Dear USOC: Pay No Attention to Shirley Leung (Boston Globe) Calling Critics Children is Childish (Boston Globe) And some lessons from Brazil.... Empty World Cup Stadiums a Warning for Boston (Boston Globe) 'Olymp
Daily News Roundup – May 22, 2015
Dear USOC, Nah, We Really Don’t Want the Olympics (Boston.com) US Delegation to Visit IOC Next Week for Talks on Boston Bid (Fox Sports) How Things Went Wrong for Boston’s Olympic Leader John Fish (Boston.com) Boston 2024’s Got a New Leader (Boston.com) New boss, same as the old boss Big Dig into Our Wallets Fuels Boston 2024 Fears (Sentinel & Enterprise) Boston 2024: Little Benefit from Olympics for North Shore (The Salem News) Here’s What We Learned from the Boston Redevelo
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 4, 2015
Help us Build a Skyscraper in Boston Globe Columnist Shirley Leung’s Backyard (Dig Boston) Rio Mayor Says Olympic Work on Time Despite Worker Layoffs (Boston Herald) Why Doesn’t Boston Want to Host the 2024 Summer Olympics? It’s Pretty Simple. (Bustle) This piece only scratches the surface of the grounds for opposition. If Boston Olympics Are Really Privately Funded, the Opposition Would Crumble: Viewpoint (Mass Live) FALSE Don’t Blame the Media for Boston 2024’s Woes (WGBH N
Daily News Roundup – April 3, 2015
Opposition Stop Confusing the Boston 2024 Opposition Groups (BostInno) Different Strategies, Same Goal: How Boston’s Olympic Opponents Work Together (Boston.com) They Just Don’t Want the Olympics (Boston.com) Omnishambles Boston Olympic Bid is a Problem of U.S.O.C.’s Own Making (NYT) Walsh Seeks to Open “Office of Olympic Accountability,” Funded by Boston 2024 (Bay State Examiner) Walsh: Yes, New Public Money Will Be Needed for 2024 Upgrades (Dorchester Reporter) And look at
Daily News Roundup – April 1, 2015
Boston Olympics Problem Isn’t John Fish. It’s Us (Boston Globe) Shirley Leung, of course. I think you could probably power the whole “temporary stadium” with the heat of this take. Lack of Public Support May Doom Boston’s Bid for 2024 Olympics (WSJ) USOC Denies Report It Might Drop Boston as a Host City (Boston Globe) Letter: Olympic Effort Failing (Boston Herald) Boston 2024 Officials Remain Focused Despite Reports Bid May Be in Jeopardy (CBS Local) USOC Should Decide by Mid
Daily News Roundup – January 30, 2015
Renaming Boston Spots, for 2024 Olympics and Beyond (Boston Globe) Some of these are quite funny. Like BoCo. At What Price Will the Games Be Worth It to Boston? (Boston Globe) Shirley Leung seems to have some skepticism for once. Although I must say, I found this to be hilarious: “It’s not that Olympics boosters are trying to pull a fast one on us….” Editorial: Tarr’s Olympic Bill Would Provide Needed Oversight (Gloucester Times) Editorial: Up Close with Olympics Elitism (Jam