Politics
Leaders of the Franklin Park Coalition are expressing frustration this week after a March 5 meeting intended to extract more in depth information about Boston 2024 plans for the park failed to meet their expectations.
In an email to members sent yesterday... Read more
Another effort to create a ballot referendum on the 2024 Olympic Games is full speed ahead as Evan Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party, released draft language of a 2016 ballot question on Wednesday morning.
“The language we have drafted... Read more
The Games are on for Mayor Martin Walsh’s political team. His “super volunteers” are being prepared to move onto the field under the Boston 2024 banner to engage in an extended grassroots campaign to promote a positive public conversation about the bid to... Read more
The chief backer of a Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is now supporting the idea of a 2016 referendum on the bid.
Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish, who is spearheading the privately funded nonprofit seeking to bring the summer Olympics to Boston... Read more
Support among Boston area voters for Boston hosting the 2024 summer Olympics has fallen from 51 percent in January to 44 percent in February to 36 percent in a WBUR poll of 504 Boston area registered voters taken March 16-18.
Conducted by the MassINC... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh’s Chief of Staff Daniel Koh has filed an ethics disclosure with the city today in response to an inquiry from the Dorchester Reporter regarding his relationship with Amy Sennett, an employee of Boston 2024, the non-profit organization... Read more
Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics is an intriguing — and increasingly— complicated proposition for residents of this neighborhood. If the city wins the Games, it’s likely that the Olympic Village will be sited on Dorchester’s Columbia Point on what is... Read more
The first independent study of the possible economic impact of Boston’s hosting of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games concludes that there “could be a net economic positive,” but adds there is much left to be determined.
“Success will depend upon smart... Read more
John “Wacko” Hurley, the man who for decades sought to keep LGBT groups out of the South Boston St. Patricks Day Parade, has left the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, the group which organizes the parade. Hurley confirmed the news with the... Read more
EMILY's List Award: Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, left, with City Counciilor-at-Large Ayanna Pressley.Last week, in a glittering ballroom in Washington, DC that was packed to the brim with powerful women and those who admire them, Boston City... Read more
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