Daily News Roundup - June 23, 2015
Rep. Lynch Against Proposed Olympic Stadium (NECN) Boston 2024: Olympic Whitewater Canoe/Kayak Slalom Races Would Be on Deerfield River in Franklin, Berkshire Counties (MassLive) Does Boston 2024 Have an Intern Problem? (Bay State Examiner) Harvard No Longer Slated as Boston 2024 Tennis Host (Harvard Crimson) Support for Boston 2024 is Not Too Low to Win Olympic Bid (CommonWealth) Because the IOC has as much disregard for public opinion as Boston 2024 does, apparently. Steve
Daily News Roundup - June 20, 2015
Survey: Many Franklin Park Neighbors Oppose Olympics (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Seeks Youth Groups for Dubious 'Olympic Day' Event (JP Gazette) Author Questions Olympics Numbers (JP Gazette) Boston 2024 Stretches Its Definition of Walkable Olympics (Boston Globe) And Around the World... Paris to Announce 2024 Olympic Bid Next Week (AP) Olympic Stadium Cost Rises to £701m from Initial £280m Estimate (Guardian) Olympic Promises Fail as Fall in Sporting Activity Reveals a Divided
Daily News Roundup – April 29, 2015
Roxbury Crowd Fears Olympic Displacement (Boston Herald) Roxbury Residents Question Olympic Jobs Promises (Boston Globe) Here are the First Images of What Boston 2024 Plans for Its Legacy (BostInno) T Repair Facilities Pose Challenges to Olympic Stadium (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 Needs to Rethink Its ‘Walkable Games’ Plan (BostInno) Roxbury Residents See Through Boston 2024’s Bullsh*t (Storify) Carr: Filling Olympics Trough Will Be Taxing Endeavor (Boston Herald) #PublicMoney
Daily News Roundup – April 3, 2015
Opposition Stop Confusing the Boston 2024 Opposition Groups (BostInno) Different Strategies, Same Goal: How Boston’s Olympic Opponents Work Together (Boston.com) They Just Don’t Want the Olympics (Boston.com) Omnishambles Boston Olympic Bid is a Problem of U.S.O.C.’s Own Making (NYT) Walsh Seeks to Open “Office of Olympic Accountability,” Funded by Boston 2024 (Bay State Examiner) Walsh: Yes, New Public Money Will Be Needed for 2024 Upgrades (Dorchester Reporter) And look at
Daily News Roundup – March 14, 2015
Editorial: The Answer Behind the Franklin Park Olympics Non-Answers (JP Gazette) Editorial: Mayor Walsh’s Big Picture (JP Gazette) Community Skeptical of Franklin Park Olympics Use (JP Gazette) No Boston Olympics Visits Worcester (Worcester Magazine) The USOC is Unfazed by Low 2024 Boston Olympics Polling (WGBH News) I see that John Fish isn’t the only word misusing the word “socialize.” St. Patrick Has a Special Blessing Ready for the Boston 2024 Olympic Committee (WGBH News
Daily News Roundup – February 6, 2015
A lot of coverage of yesterday’s public meeting, highlighting the fact that the people were overwhelmingly opposed. I storified my tweets from it. Overruns Are Focus on Public Meeting on Boston Bid (NYT) Olympic Concerns Aired at Community Meeting (Boston Globe) Hundreds Attend First Public Meeting on Boston Olympics (CBS Local) Boston’s First Olympic Meeting Packed (My Fox Boston) Mayor, Community Discuss Boston 2024 (NECN) Mayor Holds 1st Meeting on Boston Olympics, Draws B
Daily News Roundup – January 20, 2015
‘This Will Unite Left and Right': The Bostonians Who Want to Bring Down the Olympics (Guardian) Olympics Bid Will Be a Political Campaign Like No Other (Boston Globe) Poll Finds Lukewarm Support in Boston for Summer Olympics Bid (NYT) Always pay attention to the cross-tabs. Although support was greater than opposition (50% to 33%), 44% said that they would be less likely to support the bid if public funding were used, and 75% want to have a vote on it. Also note that people h