Daily News Roundup - July 14, 2015
Wage Supression: The Fine Print in Boston 2024's Job Creation Promises (Bay State Examiner) How the DCR Signed over Castle Island to Boston 2024 with a Rubber Stamp (Boston Mag) As Olympic Plan Spreads Statewide, Boston Remains on the Hook for Cost Overruns (BBJ) Lynch Says He's Not Persauded by Walsh's Olympic Plan Yet (Boston Herald) Eyes Widett Circle: How the City Holds the Keystone for Boston 2024's Olympic Stadium Plans (DigBoston) Feds Often Kick in More Than Security
Daily News Roundup - July 8, 2015
Mayor Wants to Push Forward with Redeveloping Widett, Even if Olympics Don't Materialize (Boston Globe) Revised Cost of Tokyo 2020 Stadium Approved (ESPN) Rep. Lynch on Iraq: No Way Forward; On Widett Circle: Bad Idea (WGBH News) Spike in Olympic Stadium Costs Highlights Shifting Budget Risks (BBJ) Olympic Organizers Ponder Strategy for Boosting Support (Boston Globe) Squantum Point Park Run (Imgur) Group Calls Olympic Spending Ban 'Smoke and Mirrors' (Boston Herald) And righ
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 – May 15, 2015
2020 Summer Games Pact to Tape Tokyo Taxpayers (Boston Herald) City Releases 2020 Olympics Contract under Pressure from Herald (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Lack of Data on the Views of Boston’s Minorities (Boston Globe) There’s No Denying Los Angeles’s Growing Olympics Appeal (Boston Globe) Bay State’s DC Team Aggressively Noncommittal on Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid (WGBH) As Baker Bemoans Sluggish Boston 2024, Hiring for His Olympic Consultant Behind Schedule (Dorchester R
Daily News Roundup – May 13, 2015
Boston Apartment Rents Third-Highest in Country (WCVB) Critics of Boston Olympic Bid Aren’t Content with Expected Changes (LA Times) BPR in with the New: Elections, Olympics, and TV (WGBH) Mike Capko is the World’s Worst Person in Sports (ESPN) And Pagliuca gets bronze. IOC Insider: Boston 2024 Needs ‘Magnetic Leader’ like Mitt (Boston Herald) LOL Steve Lynch Backs Liz Warren in Trade Spat with Obama (Boston Herald) It gets to Boston 2024 later on. Boston 2024 Bid Discussion
Daily News Roundup – April 8, 2015
USOC Hits Wall in Boston (Colorado Springs Independent) “If the U.S. Olympic Committee had an unofficial motto, it would be this: Quidam solvit. It’s austere, dignified and concise. Translated, it’s a little coarser: ‘Someone else pays.'” Rosenberg: No Tax Dollars on 2024 Olympics (Boston Herald) Statement from John Fish on Potential Olympic Projects (Boston Globe) Many loopholes in his statement, including no acknowledgement of post-Olympic construction in Widett Circle POV:
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 – January 29, 2015
Questions Linger on Boston’s Bid to Host the Olympics (Bay State Banner) Walsh, Boston 2024 Must Amend USOC Agreement (Dorchester Reporter) Boston Olympic Bid Faces More Than Digging Itself out of Snow (Chicago Tribune) Pols Oppose ’24 Olympics Venue Sites (Boston Herald) “I don’t mean to be rude about it, but what does anybody do with a velodrome after the Olympics?” Lynch: ‘I Have Major Problems’ with 2024 Olympic Stadium in Southie (Boston Herald) I like seeing such statem