On the Bid Book: Has Anyone at City Hall Read the Boston 2024 Bid Book? (Boston Mag) Former Boston 2024 CEO Sheds Light on Bid's Financing, Land Acquisition (Boston Mag) Honeymoon over for Walsh? (CommonWealth) Walsh Signed Olympic Bid Without Reading It Because It Was "Many, Many Pages" (Bay State Examiner) Mayor Walsh Never Actually Read the Olympic Bid Before Pitching It (BostInno) Reading Is Fundamental--Except When It Comes to Olympic Bid Documents (Universal Hub) Walsh

Unsolved Mystery: Why Was Bob Kraft Ever Listed as a Boston 2024 Director? (BBJ) Will the USOC Stick with Boston, Give up, or Choose Another City? (AP) Marty Walsh Defends Boston's Olympic Bid on "Ask the Mayor" (WGBH News) At ~31:55, he admits that he never read it. And down in Rio... Tense Week Introduces New Policy of "Lightning Evictions" Across Rio Favelas (RioOnWatch) #BobKraft #USOC #Rio2016 #MartyWalsh #Transparency

Rich Davey was on On the Record yesterday. Janet Wu and Ed Harding did a good job at grilling him and rightfully asked why people should believe a word he said. Notably, he refused to rule out taxpayer-backed bonds for the Olympic stadium, and he continued using the Boston 2024 talking point that Widett Circle is just a tow lot. On the Record - Rich Davey - Segment 1 (WCVB) On the Record - Rich Davey - Segment 2 (WCVB) On the Record - Rich Davey - Segmetn 3 (WCVB) And in othe

Get to Know Your Olympic Corporate Overlords: A Quiz (HesterPrynne) Pol & Politics: Deval in Details for Boston 2024 Vendor (Boston Herald) Villani: Hub Can Go for the Gold without Olympic Games (Boston Herald) Dan Shaughnessy: Boston's Olympic Bid Has Been One Disaster After Another (Boston Globe) #CorporateInterests #CorporateAmerica #DevalPatrick #GoBoston2030 #UrbanPlanning #Transparency

Is the Grand Prix Taking Boston for a Ride? (Boston Mag) Marty Walsh's Bad Habits (Blue Mass Group) Parks Group Builds Its List of Olympics Questions (JP Gazette) Experts: Olympics Limit Freedoms, Boost Debt (JP Gazette) A report on our event from Tuesday Boston 2024 Skips Full White Stadium Costs (JP Gazette) Slow, Imprecise, Expensive: Boston Olympcis Requests Show a City Badly in Need of Sunshine (MuckRock) Boston 2024's Friday News Dump Donations from Ex-Chair John Fish H

Boston Olympics Organizers Refuse to Disclose Details on Budget, Political Support (BBJ) Under New Olympic Plan, New Bedford Would Host Sailing (Boston Globe) #walkable Boston 2024 Thought a Satirical Article Was Real (BostInno) Forced Evictions in Rio Favela for 2016 Olympics Fuel Violent Clashes (Guardian) #Satire #SocialMedia #Venues #NewBedford #Transparency #Rio2016 #Favelas

An Olympic Effort at Transparency Is Needed (Boston Globe) Hiller Instinct: Boston 2024 Olympics Just Say No (WHDH TV) State Hires Cambrdige Firm to Analyze Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) If they really cared about protecting the public purse, they would just pull the bid. Boston Mayor Needs to Focus on the City (Boston Globe) Baker 'Pretty Sure' Statewide Olympic Venues in the Works (State House News Service) Not really "walkable" anymore then Arlington Debates Pros and Cons of

Displacement, Diversity Focus of Latest Boston Olympics Meeting (Boston.com) Olympic Critics Are Clear-Eyed, Not Starry-Eyed (Boston Globe) IOC in Talks with Fifth City over 2024 Bid (Reuters) Another Knock on Transparency at Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) As 20-Year Anniversary of Olympics in Atlanta Nears, Bostonians Oppose Campaign for Games There (Atlanta Business Chronicle) Baker Halts $1B Expansion of Boston Convention Center (Boston Globe) Risky Business: A Q&A with Andrew

The Motive Driving Olympics Push in Boston (Boston Globe) Michelle Kwan’s 2024 Bid Boost (Boston Herald) Is this satire? U.S. Rep Capuano Blasts Boston 2024’s ‘Lack of Transparency’ (Boston Herald) Boston 2024 Pushes to Keep Docs Secret (Boston Herald) Amendment to Bar Public Funds for Olympics Fails in House (State House News Service) Capuano: Public to Need ‘A Little Proof’ about Any Olympic Cost (Boston Herald) No Boston Olympics Will Host a Second Meeting (BostInno) #Gent

If You Build Beach Volleyball, the Next Facebook Will Come (BostInno) Red Sox Executive Larry Lucchino in Talks with Boston 2024 (Boston Globe) Lawrence to Host Meeting to Discuss Boston’s Bid to Land Olympics in 2024 (Eagle Tribune) Boston 2024 Brings on Larry Bird, David Ortiz in Futile Effort (The Telegraph) Andrew Zimbalist on the Economic Implications of a #Boston2024 Olympics (Storify) FPC Creating Olympics Wish-List (JP Gazette) Editorial: The City’s New Smoke-Filled R