Villani: Perception of Boston 2024 Could Sink Bid (Boston Herald) Falchuk: Boston 2024 on Ballot to Earn Trust (Boston Herald) Fitzgerald: Fish Finds Himself Floundering on Hook in Olympic PR Mess (Boston Herald) Guest Column: Olympics in Boston Will Be a Financial Disaster (Sun Chronicle) John Kostrzewa: Secrecy Has Bred Skepticism over Boston 2024 Bid (Providence Journal) #Transparency #EvanFalchuk #JohnFish #PublicRelations #Costoverruns

“Team Walsh” ‘Team Walsh’ Meets in Dorchester to Revive Boston’s Bid for the 2024 Olympics (WGBH News) Team Walsh Rallies Troops for 2024 Push (Dorchester Reporter) Boston Core Boston 2024 Comes to Cambridge (Medium) Brookline Town Meeting to Weigh in on Olympics Bid (Wicked Local – Brookline) Distrust Builds in Cambridge Over Boston 2024 Proposal (Wicked Local – Cambridge) Public Opinion/Referendum Polling Society Students Tackle Clinton, Tsarnev, NFL (Emerson News) Also tac

Yesterday, I attended a talk given by Erin Murphy, Executive Vice President of Boston 2024, and Doug Rubin, the Founding Partner of Northwind Strategies and a co-chair of the Public Relations and Marketing Committee for Boston 2024. The talk–entitled “Urban Sports and the Boston Olympic Bid” was a part of the Spring 2015 Myra Kraft Open Classroom series “The 21st Century City: Challenges and Opportunities” at the Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affai

Massachusetts Needs Sunshine–And Not Just Outside (Blue Mass Group) Olympic Bad News for W. Mass – Remember the Big Dig? (Commonwealth Mag) Do We Really Want a Boston Olympics? (Verge Campus) Wright Stuff: Comedy Legend Steven Wright on Louis C.K., Laughing, and Dreading Boston 2024 (Dig Boston) Three Recent Sports Titles (Boston Globe) “Circus Maximus ought to be required reading for the city and state officials anxious to bring the Olympics to Boston.” West Roxbury Resident

The Secrets Boomerang on Games Organizers (Boston Globe) “If patronage was an Olympic sport, Boston 2024 would get the gold.” United Independent Party’s Evan Falchuk on the Quest for a Statewide Olympic Ballot Referendum (WGBH News) How Olympic Games Transform Urban Space (Storify) My Storified tweets from the lecture last night BRA Approves New Columbia Point Building That Olympic Organizers Would Want to Tear Down for Athlete Housing (Dorchester Reporter) Episode 410 with R

Boston’s 2024 Olympics Bid Leaves Some Wanting In Florence (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Falchuk Leads Western MA Discussion on Boston Olympic Bid (Boston Herald) Charlie Baker Demands 2024 Transparency (Boston Herald) Chabot: Hiring Deval for Olympics Bid Could Cost Big for Taxpayers (Boston Herald) Use of Taxpayer Money for Pro-Sports Arenas Draws Fresh Scrutiny (Wall Street Journal) Marty Walsh Told USOC That There is “No Real Opposition” to Boston’s Olympic Bid (Blue Mass Gro

Patrick Tapped to Help Lobby IOC for Boston’s Olympic Bid (Boston Globe) Marty Walsh’s Office Finds Missing Boston 2024 Olympics Emails (Muck Rock) City Council’s first Olympic hearing yesterday: Our Storify of the meeting: City Council Finally Remembers That It Exists Olympics Marketing Agreement, More Issues Raised at City Council Hearing (Boston.com) City Councilors Raise Concerns about Boston’s Olympics Bid (Boston Herald) City Councilors Press Olympics Backers for Detail

Rio 2016: Occupy Takes Swing at Olympic Golf Course (Guardian) Why Beantown May Want to Throw This Sports Contest (MSNBC – The Cycle) An interview with Andrew Zimbalist Sports Extravaganzas: Games That Must Stop (Economist) Mitt Romney’s Ties Key to Boston Olympics Push (Boston Globe) Smith Professor: Boston Olympics Bid ‘Crazy’ (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Olympic Committee Chairman Pitches 2024 Games to South Coast (The Herald News) Boston 2024 Group’s Fundraising Limited to N

Olympics: New Group Calls for Rights-Respecting Bids (Human Rights Watch) House Bill Would Give Beacon Hill Oversight of Olympics Bid Process (Dorchester Reporter) Is Record Snowfall Ruining Boston’s Chances to Host Olympics? (WCVB) No, angry residents are/can. Neighborhood Concerns Raised at Back-to-Back Boston Olympics Meetings (Boston.com) Olympics Backers Press Case in Latest Public Meetings (Dorchester Reporter) Walsh, 2024 Chiefs Meet with Widett Circle Owners (Dorchest

JP Officials Voice Olympic Doubts and Concerns (JP Gazette) Olympics Organizers to Meet with Franklin Park Coalition (JP Gazette) Editorial: Olympics vs. Democracy (JP Gazette) Somerville Mayor Looks for Public Meetings on Olympics at Assembly Square (Wicked Local Somerville) Proposed Site of Boston’s Olympic Stadium Could Have an MBTA Problem (BostInno) “The Olympic rings and other venues…appear to sit on top of an MBTA maintenance yard, and completely conceal a stretch of t