Weekly News Roundup: August 24-28, 2015

Simmons College Offering Boston 2024 Course This Fall (Boston Mag)

Imagining the Future of Boston: Growing Bigger, Growing Better (Dot Reporter)

Prominent Salt Lake City Residents Sue the NSA over Mass Warrantless Surveillance During the 2002 Olympics (TechDirt)

Hey, LA, Here's How You Say No to the Olympics (The Nation)

L.A. Bid Documents for 2024 Olymics Call for $4.66 Billion Budget, Projects $161.1 Miillion in Surplus Revenue (Orange County Register) Sure.....

And here's a copy of the LA bid book.

Top Garcetti Aide Leaves City Hall to Campaign for L.A. 2024 Olympic Bid (LA Times) LA's equivalent of Joe Rull

City Analysts: Olympic Village May 'Significantly Exceed' Cost Estimate (LA Times)

Olympic-Sized Question Mark: Housing Plan for 2024 (USA Today)

L.A. City Council Again Pushes Pause on Olympic Bid Commitent (LA Times)

Casey Wasserman Says Top USOC Officials Always Preferred L.A. for 2024 Olympic Bid (OC Register)

Toronto's 2024 Olympic Bid Process Suffers from a 'Democracy Deficit' (HuffPo)