Daily News Roundup - July 17, 2015
Coalition Files Petition for Olympics Ballot Question (WBUR) Black Leaders Say Olympics Plan Shortchanges Diversity, Minority Neighborhoods (BBJ) Complexities Abound for Boston 2024's Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Confession: I Want the Olympics, Just Not These Olympics (Boston.com) Globe, Fox25 to Host Prime Time Olympic Debate (Boston Globe) Cities Have Grown Weary of USOC, IOC Games #USOCGoHome! (Universal Hub) Kosciuszko Circle on National Registry of Historic Places (Dorche
Daily News Roundup - July 13, 2015
Latest Olympic Plan Leaves Media without a Home (Boston Globe) Mapping Tools Show Boston's Disparity (Boston Globe) Watch: Boston 2024 Activists Inform News Coverage (WGBH News) Including an interview with our Jonathan Cohn about our FOIA requests Boston Politician: Olympic Spending Reform Meaningless (Around the Rings) The Confederate Games of America (DigBoston) How Likely Are "Revenue Overruns" for Boston 2024? (BostInno) The Boston Follies: The Planned Rape of the Public
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 15, 2015
Private 'Master Developer' Option Weighed for Boston Olympics Venues (Dorchester Reporter) Architect Becomes Key Figure in Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) No mention of the $1,017,679 paid to Manfredi's firm by Boston 2024? #Boston2024, Boston Pride, & the IOC: Exploiting a Community for Their Own Gain (Storify) Keller @ Large: Walsh Says Boston Won't Be on Hook for Olympic Cost Overruns (CBS Local) Walsh says his attorneys read "the most important parts," which means "not the who
Daily News Roundup - June 13, 2015
Harvard's Once-Prominent Role in Boston 2024's Plans Now Shrinking (Boston Globe) Suffolk Downs No Longer a Backup Olympic Stadium Site (Boston Globe) Poll: Would You Rather Have the 2024 Olympics or a Real Jurassic Park? (Boston.com) Risk Unavoidable with Games, Pagliuca Says (Boston Globe) "Risk for thee, Profit for me" The Case Against the "Innovation Games" (BostInno) Billerica Takes Its Shot at Olympic Spotlight (Lowell Sun) Official Asks: Is Quincy Involved in Boston's
Daily News Roundup - May 28, 2015
The big news from yesterday was that Boston Magazine and the Boston Business Journal, via a FOIA on UMass Boston, were able to get access to unredacted bid documents. And surprise, surprise: Boston 2024 plans to use public money for its venues. Here's the Bid Book Boston 2024 Submitted to the USOC (Boston Magazine) Newly Released Boston 2024 Documents Provide Look at Stadium Plan (Boston.com) BBJ Report: Boston Bid Book (NECN) Boston 2024 Bid Exposed (NECN) Boston 2024's Prop