Daily News Roundup - July 23, 2015
Subpoena Summer Tito Jackson's Move to Subpoena Boston 2024 Blocked by Bill Linehan (Boston Mag) Boston Councilors Rip Boston 2024, Subpoena Bid Tabled for Now (State House News Service) Boston 2024 Says That It Will Release Sought-After Bid Chapters Next Week (Boston Mag) Under Pressure, Boston Olympics Group to Release Original Bid Documents (BBJ) Facing Subpoena Threat, Boston 2024 to Release Original Bidding Documents (Boston.com) Councilor's Bid for Info Draws No Respons
Daily News Roundup - July 22, 2015
U.S. Olympic Committee Adds Board Member Amid Struggle with Boston 2024 Bid (LA Times) Boston 2024's Media Center Continues to be a Mystery (BostInno) Boston 2024 & the Implications of an 'Immovable' Olympic Deadline (BostInno) Rep. Richard Neal: 'Irresponsible' to Plan Olympics without Statewide Involvement (WGBH News) A Biased and Clearly Uninformed Update on Boston's Olympic Bid (Radio BDC) Boston Herald Radio: Tito Jackson (Boston Herald) Campaign Donations Pour in for To
Daily News Roundup - July 21, 2015
Around the world... Japan's Axed Olympic Stadium a Warning for Boston (Huffington Post) Pan Am Games Over-spending Billions, But It's Okay 'Cause It's Public Money (Rabble.ca) Subpoena Summer City Councillor Tito Jacson Files for Subpoena to Obtain Boston 2024 Chapters (Boston Mag) Boston City Councilor Seeks Documents from Olympic Organizers (WBUR) City Councilor Aims to Subpoena Boston 2024 Documents (Boston Globe) City Councilor Tito Jackson to Subpoena Boston 2024 Financi
Daily News Roundup - July 20, 2015
Cambridge City Councillor Wants to Subpoena Boston 2024 into Releasing Info (Boston Mag) Now They've Done It: Boston 2024's Gotten Tito Jackson Mad (Universal Hub) What The Olympics Means for the People of Rio: 'The Reptuation of Brazil is at Stake' (Guardian) Columbia Point's Conversion Came at a Cost (Boston Globe) What Japan's Olympic Stadium Fiasco Means for Boston (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Sees Columbia Road as Olmsted Jewel (Boston Globe) What Else is Boston 2024 Hidin
Daily News Roundup - July 18/19, 2015
Imagine What Hosting 2016 Olympics Would've Cost Cash-Strapped Chicago (Chicago Tribune) Olympic Bidding Group Facing Political Pressures (Boston.com) Mass. Agencies Often Limit Access to Public Records (Boston Globe) Luxury-Home Lottos Reconsidered in Boston Housing Squeeze (Bloomberg) Boston2024 Can't Be Trusted to Pull off Olympics (Boston Globe) #FOIA #Transparency #Housing #BallotQuestion #EvanFalchuk #Chicago2016
Daily News Roundup - July 15, 2015
Stadium Plan Raises Questions about $$$ Compensation for MBTA (State House News Service) This Is What Has Everybody So Worried about Boston's Olympics Bid (Boston.com) Six Development Takeaways from the BBJ's Interview with Boston 2024's Rich Davey (BBJ) City Councilor Sets Deadline for Boston Olympics Group to Produce Information (BBJ) No Holds Barred: Jonathan Cohn on Opposing Bosotn Hosting the 2024 Olympics (No Holds Barred) Number of Homeless Families in Boston up 25% (B
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 - July 7, 2015
Boston 2024 Counting on Corporate Cash for $1.52 Billion (Boston Globe) Budapest's 2024 Olympics Bid Moving Forward (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Hold First Quincy Meeting Thursday (Wicked Local - Quincy) Boston 2024 PR Games: Not Interested (DigBoston) Emails Highlight City Hall's Influence in Shaping Boston Olympics Committee of Power Players (BBJ) Allied Behind Olympics Ballot Question (NECN) SWAT STicker: Exclusive Docs Reveal 34-Main Deployment to Dalai Lama Visit Plus O
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 11, 2015
On the Olympic land grab: Boston 2024 Eyes Seaport to Relocate Food Wholesalers (Boston Globe) Post-Olympic Real Estate Implications of the Boston 2024 Proposal (Pioneer Institute) Is Widett Circle a Tow Lot? (Jack Gately) On Boston 2024's tepid polling numbers: Bostonians Increasingly Opposed to City's 2024 Olympics Bid (Irish Times) Boston's Bid for 2024 Olympics Still Receiving Tepid Support, Poll Says (WSJ) Boston's Olympic Bid Is Heading into Big Test, and the Public's