Daily News Roundup - July 10, 2015
Some New Polling: WBUR Poll: Deadline Looming, Public Support Of Boston’s Olympic Bid Largely Unchanged (WBUR) Boston 2024's Olympic Bid Faces Skepticism Desite New Proposal, Poll Finds (NYT) Poll: Massachsetts Support for 2024 Olympics in Boston Remains Lukwarm (MassLive) New Polls Show Public Still Not On-Board with Boston Olympics Plans (Boston.com) Olympic Organizers' Plan for Widett Circle Pits Stephen Lynch against Marty Walsh (WGBH News) Voters Shunning Olympics, Poll
Daily News Roundup - July 2, 2015
JP Meeting JP Gives Hostile Reception to Olympics (JP Gazette) #Boston2024 Public Meeting June 30, 2015 (NECIR Storify) Boston 2024 Meeting in Jamaica Plain Draws Passionate Crowd (Jamaica Plain News) Boston 2024 and the Olympic Vision of Columbia Point (WGBH News) Economist Zimbalist: Olympic Funding Flaws, Smoke And Mirrors, And Cannabalizing Non-Profit Monies (WGBH News) USOC 'Focused Exclusively' on Boston, But L.A. Bid Backers Remain Hopeful (Boston Herald) Editorial Car
Daily News Roundup - July 1, 2015
On the USOC Meeting Predictable, Unfortunate: Boston 2024 for Now (3 Wire Sports) U.S. Olympic Committee Sticks with Boston's Troubled 2024 Bid (LA Times) They want 50+% in the near future, but the polls aren't trending their way. USOC Finds 'Bid 2.0' Impressive, But Says It Needs a 'Positive Trend' in Public Support to Emerge Soon (WBUR) Probst says that poll numbers are "sort of in the low-to-mid-40s," which is USOC for "high 30s." USOC Gives Boston 2024 More Time to Stagge
Daily News Roundup – May 9, 2015
Boston 2024 Changes Franklin Park Plan (JP Gazette) London Protester: Olympics Damaged Park (JP Gazette) Anti-Olympics Speakers to Talk Displacement, Surveillance (JP Gazette) The Globe’s I-93 Off-Ramp (CommonWealth) Marathon Rescue Hero Joins Anti-Olympics Protest (JP Gazette) Newly Released Boston 2024 Budget Details Contained in UMass Records (Boston Magazine) What if Girding for Climate Change Were an Olympic Event? (Boston Globe) 500 Days Out, Rio Risks Olympics Cost Sur
Daily News Roundup – May 7, 2015
BC Will Be Considered for Boston 2024 Olympic Plans (The Heights) Which Boston Venue Owners Are Ready to Commit to Boston 2024? (Boston Magazine) Details of ‘Highly Confidential’ Boston 2024 Bid Book Contained in UMass Emails (Boston Magazine) Where We Stand on a South Boston Soccer Stadium (Boston.com) Letter: Local Projects Come Before the Olympics (The Salem News) #BostonCollege #Venues #FOIA #OlympicStadium #BidBook #BobKraft #UMassBoston #Taxbreaks #Publicmoney
The Ever-Changing and Always Vague Definition of “No Public Funds” for #Boston2024
The latest statewide poll on Boston’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid found Massachusetts residents opposed to the bid by a slim margin of 46% to 43%. When asked if they would support having the city submit a bid “with the requirement that no public money be used for the operation of the Games,” Massachusetts residents chose yes 56% to 37%. The toplines hide some very interesting statewide contrasts. The “no public money” qualifier had significant impact in many regions of the stat