Daily News Roundup – March 18, 2015
FOPG Seeks New Venues for Olympics (Beacon Hill Times) Boston Olympics Bid is Bad News for Charlie Baker (MassPoliticsProfs) Snow Problems in Boston Send a Chill Through 2024 Olympics Bid (LA Times) Keller @ Large: Fear that Boston 2024 Olympics is Big Dig 2 (CBS Boston) MBTA is Top Concern at Olympics Forum (CBS Boston) When It Comes to Funding, Let’s Hold Boston 2024’s Feed to the Flame (Boston Globe) Until There is a Referendum, This Will Not Be ‘Boston’s Bid’ (Boston Glob
Daily News Roundup – March 8, 2015
Boston 2024 Bid Book Meets Reality (Boston Globe) Walsh, Boston 2024 Too Close for Comfort (Boston Globe) Excellent op-ed by Yvonne Abraham Carr: Deval’s Gang Back in Place for 2024 Hackarama (Boston Herald) Boston Olympic Bid May Pick Patrick vs. Baker (Boston Herald) Organizers Elusive about Pay for Former Bay State Gov (Boston Herald) Evan Falchuk, Smith College Prof. Andrew Zimbalist Leading Forum on Massachusetts’ 2024 Olympic Bid in Northampton Sunday (MassLive) Holmes:
Daily News Roundup – February 26, 2015
Olympics: New Group Calls for Rights-Respecting Bids (Human Rights Watch) House Bill Would Give Beacon Hill Oversight of Olympics Bid Process (Dorchester Reporter) Is Record Snowfall Ruining Boston’s Chances to Host Olympics? (WCVB) No, angry residents are/can. Neighborhood Concerns Raised at Back-to-Back Boston Olympics Meetings (Boston.com) Olympics Backers Press Case in Latest Public Meetings (Dorchester Reporter) Walsh, 2024 Chiefs Meet with Widett Circle Owners (Dorchest
Daily News Roundup – February 6, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup – February 5, 2015
Pol Calls for Hearings on Olympics Transportation Plans (Boston Herald) Pol is Bob Hedlund. Olympic Committee Drops Plans for Housing Spectators (Boston Globe) Boston Goes for the Cold! (Boston Globe) A sendup of the Olympic bid What’s the Boston 2024 Price Tag? (NECN) Atkins Speaks Out on Olympics Plan (Wicked Local – Concord) Rep. Cory Atkins, who was involved with the process and is a cheerleader for Boston 2024: “I didn’t see the plans beforehand because we’re in such dee
Daily News Roundup – February 4, 2015
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
Daily News Roundup – February 2, 2015
Transit, Olympic Boards ‘Coordinating’ on Plans (Boston Herald) “Officials crafting Boston’s new long-term transportation plan say they are coordinating with the group pushing to bring the 2024 Summer Games to the Hub but deny the Olympic bid is controlling transit strategy — despite close ties between the two boards.” Does anyone really believe that? Residents Slam 2024 Bid over Transportation Woes (Boston Herald) “Why should hosting the Olympics hold our city’s transportati