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END GAMES: PUT THIS IN YOUR BOSTON 2024 TIME CAPSULE AND CHOKE ON IT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 28, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The mayor saved Bostonians from a Summer Games budget-fuck no more than someone who arranges for a kidnapping and then pays the ransom rescued a missing child.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CommonWealth Magazine, Conor Yunits, construction, cost overruns, Howie Carr, International Olympic Committee, IOC, John Fish, mayor Marty Walsh, Steve Pagliuca, United States Olympic Committee, USOC, Widett Circle

GFY USOC: THE VERY BEST OF DIGBOSTON’S OLYMPIC TROLLING

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 27, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As the hipster paper of record in this town, we couldn’t be any happier to say, “We despised that band before they even dropped their first shitty single.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: atlanta, Boston, Boston 2024, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, Emily Hopkins, gentrification, host agreement, IOC, John Fish, Marty Walsh, No Boston Olympics, Olympics, Steve Pagliuca, USOC

BOSTON 2024 PR GAMES: NOT INTERESTED

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted July 6, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Before long, it became clear that the event organizers were unwilling to turn any meaningful authority over to members of the public.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston 2024, community meeting, John Fish, lies, Marty Walsh, Olympics, PR, public relations, Steve Pagliuca, USOC

SHIRLEY’S NORMAL: COLUMNIST COMPLETELY MISSES MARK … AGAIN

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted May 26, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Ask actual Bostonians, though, and they have myriad reasons for rejecting the Games.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Boston Olympics, MBTA, media, Shirley Leung, USOC

THE BOSTON 2024 COMMUNITY MEETING DRINKING GAME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 18, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

Image by Kent Buckley

 

Our attorney made us promise to stress that this is only a joke, and that people shouldn’t really get stoned and polluted inside the various family environments where Boston 2024 and Mayor Marty Walsh are hosting their next open meetings. Nevertheless, as the Hub’s ...  read more

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: #Boston2024, Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Drinking Game, IOC, John Fish, No Boston Olympics, USOC

FRANK UNDERWOOD CHIMES IN ON BOSTON 2024 SALARIES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 11, 2015 Filed Under: Lulz

What do those pushing for the Olympics have to gain? How about those who are opposed?

Filed Under: Lulz Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Deval Patrick, IOC, No Boston Olympics, salaries, USOC

PRAYER FOR THE COMMON WEALTH

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 11, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

A wish list for Governor Baker ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli #bospoli, ACLU, AIDS Action, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Boston Youth Wrestling, BPS, Digital 4th, Governor Charlie Baker, IOC, LGBT Aging Project, Mass. Legal Assistance Corp., MassCreative, No Boston Olympics, PHENOM, Press Pass TV, Project Place, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts, Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center, USOC

OLYMPIC RECORDS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted March 10, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Walsh calls for transparency while his office stays tightlipped ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston 2024, Boston Olympics, Deval Patrick, emails, Emily Hopkins, FOIA, Hillary Clinton, IOC, mayor Marty Walsh, MuckRock, organizers, salaries, transparency, USOC

THE BOSTON MEDIA’S OLYMPIC HUNGER GAMES

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

The Boston Olympics started 10 years early today with a new event pitting journalists against organizers of the 2024 Summer Games in a hybrid grudge match at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BCEC, Boston 2024, Boston Media, Cambridge, Dan O'Connell, IOC, mayor Marty Walsh, MBTA, Olympics, Setti Warren, Silver Line, USOC

MEET BOSTON’S OLYMPIC CURMUDGEONS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 14, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

What’s the difference between #NoBostonOlympics and #NoBoston2024?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #NoBoston2024, IOC, John Fish, mayor Marty Walsh, meetings, No Boston 2024, No Boston Olympics, NoBostonOlympics, organizing, protests, USOC

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