When Boston 2024's long awaited Bid 2.0 was released Monday, two of the four major Olympics venues, the aquatics center and the velodrome, were listed as “TBD” despite Boston 2024’s repeated promises that they would offer a complete revised proposal. In the bid Boston 2024 submitted to the USOC in December, the velodrome had been located in Somerville; however, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone quickly and unequivocally expressed his opposition to the idea. Boston 2024 was then

Bid 2.0 came out yesterday, and it's filled with magic, lies, and bad ideas. Boston's Revised '24 Bid Criticized as Incomplete (NYT) State Leaders React Cautiously to Bid 2.0 (CommonWealth) Boston 2024 Promises a Lot at 'Minimal Risk' (CommonWealth) But even what they're promisng isn't good. See Which Real Estate Leaders Helped Boston 2024 Craft Its Financing Plan (BBJ) Boston 2024 Pressed for Details -- But Remain Vague -- on Insurance, Taxpayer Risks (BBJ) Here's What the B

AP-GfK Poll: Americans Show Strong Support for Home Olympics (AP) USOC has to poll the whole country to get positive numbers given how poorly they do in Boston. Japan in Twist over Controversial 'Bike Helmet' Design for Olympic Stadium (CNN) If Boston Stumbles in 2024 Olympics Bid, L.A. Could Be Asked to Step in (LA Times) Boston 2024 Boosters Set to Reveal Bid 2.0 on Monday (Boston Mag) Velodrome an Elusive Target for Boston (Boston Globe) BBJ's Bombshells, or What's the Mat

What Will the Olympics Cost and Who's Paying? (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 'Rethinking' Cycle Track in Somerville (Wicked Local - Somerville) Does Boston City Hall Have a Public Records Problem? (Boston Mag) Experts Need Not Apply: Economists Excluded from Olympic Study Committee (BMG) Slow, Imprecise, Expensive: Boston Olympics Requests Show a City Badly in Need of Sunshine (MuckRock) #Velodrome #Somerville #Publicmoney #FOIA #MartyWalsh #Economists #AndrewZimbalist

Keller @ Large: We Want Detailed Boston 2024 Olympics Plan (CBS Local) Championship Pedigree to Join Boston 2024 Board (Boston Globe) Many of whom don’t live in or even near Boston Who’s on the Boston 2024 Board? (Boston Globe) Editorial: Stellar Board, Big Questions (Boston Herald) Low-income Residents Worry about Olympics’ Repercussions (Boston Globe) Small Crowd at Easton Forum Split on Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (The Enterprise) Boston 2024 Olympics Timeline (WGBH News) Broo

Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid Can’t Include Boston Marathon Course (Competitor.com) Somerville Neighborhood News: Skepticism for Boston 2024 Olympics (Wicked Local – Somerville) Gov. Baker Supportive of Olympic Bid Review (Dorchester Reporter) T Lawyer Jumps Ship for Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) If the problem with the T is “bad management,” then what does it say that Boston 2024 is being run by former MBTA leadership? Hosting Olympics Can Be Game Changer, But What About After? (W

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

Probably the biggest news is that City Councilor Josh Zakim (Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway, Mission Hill) just filed for four ballot questions for this November’s elections: Boston City Councilor Proposes Olympics Ballot Questions (WBUR) Boston Residents Should Be Able to Vote on 2024 Olympics, City Councilor Says (MassLive.com) Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim Proposes Non-Binding Ballot Questions on 2024 Olympics (MassLive.com) City Councilor Josh Zakim Calls for Citywide V

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

Jondergate Boston 2024 Free Speech Kerfuffle: Walsh’s Explanation Worse Than Original Ban (WBUR) Mayor Walsh’s Letter to City Employees (Boston Globe) What bull. Walsh Tries to Clarify USOC Rule on Bid Talk (Boston Globe) “Walsh, however, has not said if he plans to change the agreement.” Spoiler: He has none. Boston’s Ban on Anti-Olympics Talk is Unproductive (Fortune) Lawyers: Boston “Has to Be Ready” for Lawsuits over Deal Requiring Employees to Support Olympics Bid (Massl