How Boston Citizens Defeated the City’s Olympic Bid

This is an ariticle about citizens taking a stand and challenging their elected officials. Here are some quotes that should make us think:

  • “We should never be planning our cities around three-week events, or planning our cities around visitors.”
  • “And the boosters behind Boston 2024 made all sorts of promises about how the public would be protected. But they weren’t able to produce anything substantive that showed that, and they were still asking for the blank check.”
  • “But we had the facts on our side and a press willing to tell both sides of the story.”

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How Boston Citizens Defeated the City’s Olympic Bid