Daily News Roundup – February 12, 2015

How London’s Olympics Went Way Over Budget (Boston.com)

Boston 2024 Organizers to Meet with Mass. Congressional Delegation (Boston Globe) Because they want some federal $$s

Legislators File Bill to Make Boston 2024’s Olympic Bid More Transparent (WBUR)

Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Files for Olympics Transparency, Airbnb Rules, and Restaurant Incentives (North End Waterfront)

Gold-Level Accounting (Worcester Telegram)

Meeting Aims at Transparent Olympic Process (The Huntington News)

A Future Letter to Mayor Walsh (The Heights)

Walsh, Committee Members Tout Potential Olympics Bid (Bay State Banner)

Hosting the Olympics Would Result in Residential Displacement and Overspending (The Wellesley News)

Remember the Big Dig (CommonWealth)

The Trickle-Up Economics of Boston 2024 (Medium)

Boston May Need the Olympics to Fix Its Problems — Which is Bad News for the Rest of Us (Washington Post) Decent piece but inapt title

#London2012 #Costoverruns #Publicmoney #Politics #Transparency #StateLegislature #Budget #MartyWalsh #Displacement #BigDig #Inequality #MBTA