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

Olympic Finances Need City Pledge (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 To Hold Its First Community Meeting (NECN) 3 Groups Who Could Benefit from Boston 2024 (BostInno) Note: Residents are not one of them. Locals Push for Olympic Water Games in Deerfield (Daily Hampshire Gazette) “Regional equity” in this context = spread the gravy, spread the graft If Olympics Come, Lowell’s Rourke Bridge Would Go (Lowell Sun) #FinancialGuarantee #Costoverruns #Publicmoney #JohnFish #Media #WesternMas

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

WBUR commissioned a new poll on public support for the Olympics and found a 13% rise in opposition since last month. Support for Boston Olympics is Dwindling, WBUR Poll Finds (WBUR) “It has to do with voters now having a new appreciation of how bad the MBTA actually is and seeing the impacts of the storm and thinking there are other priorities in which money would be better spent.” Poll Shows Bloom Has Fallen Off Olympic Bid for Most Bostonians (NPR) And the next big news is

Not a lot of news, so I combined yesterday and today. Marathon, Head of Charles No Good for Olympics (Boston Globe) In a Time of Climate Change, Boston–and the World–Can’t Afford the Olympics (HuffPo) Franklin Park to Host Meeting with Boston 2024 (Jamaica Plain News) Barr and Boston 2024 (Barr Foundation) I think this is in response to the Herald article from a couple of weeks ago about the financial ties between Boston 2024 and GoBoston2030 (funded by the Barr Foundation).

Boston 2024 Team Begins D.C. Push for Political Support (Boston Globe) Boston Olympics is Bad News for Massachusetts Governor (The Conversation) Many Doubt Benefits of 2024 Olympics (Somerville Community Access Television) Boston 2024: Olympics Plans Include Volleyball in Holyoke, Basketball in Springfield, Whitewater on Deerfield River (MassLive) Walkable, eh? Boston, for the Gold? (BostInno) For Walsh’s Chief of Staff, a Super Birthday Gift (Boston Globe) Marty’s CoS is dat

Charities Fear Donations Will Drop if Boston Hosts Olympics (Boston Globe) Boston Olympics: Economists See Negative Impact for Springfield (Masslive.com) Changes Likely in Boston’s Olympic Venue Plan (Boston Globe) But will we ever see the final plan before it gets submitted? Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Protects Itself from Financial Hit (Wall Street Journal) Olympic Stumbles (Worcester Telegram) “But even if one could overlook the logistical headaches and public costs and inconv

Landowners Say Consent Not Given for Games Plans (Boston Globe) Davey to Take Over Leadership of Boston 2024 (Boston Herald) Changing leadership already? A Look at Olympics Budget Points to Overruns (Boston Globe) Op-ed by Andrew Zimbalist, the economist who spoke at the No Boston Olympics meeting 3 Challenges for Boston 2024’s Olympic Bidding Documents (Boston.com) Opponents Weigh Referendum on Boston 2024 Olympics Bid (Washington Times) Editorial Cartoon: Olympics Speech (B

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

The two biggest stories from yesterday were Marty Walsh’s gag order on city employees and Boston 2024’s partial release of the bid to the public. Joindergate Walsh OK’d Ban on Criticism of Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Not only does the document he signed ban city employees from criticizing the Olympics, the IOC, or the USOC, but it also requires them to actively promote the bid. The authoritarianism of the Olympics on clear display. Walsh, Olympic Committee Must Drop Ban on Cr