Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says he won't sign Olympics host city contract, cites taxpayer guarantee
Source: Masslive.com
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says if bringing the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston is contingent on him immediately signing a taxpayer-funding guarantee, the city won't pursue hosting the Games.
Walsh, still seeking the financial information behind the proposal, said on Monday that Olympics officials are asking him to sign a host-city agreement "as soon as possible."
"I refuse to mortgage the future of the city away, I refuse to put Boston on the hook for overruns, and I refuse to commit to signing a guarantee that uses taxpayer dollars to pay for the Olympics," Walsh said at a press conference.
Walsh held the press conference at City Hall after speaking with Scott Blackmun, a top official at the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,511 posts)funding professional sports monopolies
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)money making machines for the teams and a tax burden for the public, most of which can't afford to go to the games anyway.
The public needs to start supporting T-ball, Peewee, Pop Warner, high school, and college (not division I) athletic teams. And don't forget the men's and women's softball teams. There is much more action, you may know some of the players or their parents, and the price is much much better, free in many cases. And in the case of baseball the farm teams can also be entertaining and a bargain.
Many if not most of division I college teams are not much better than the Pros and probably worse, they not only take advantage of the public, they also take advantage of their players too.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)The rest of the state...not so much.
valerief
(53,235 posts)it could have been the 2010 gerrymandering that created the GOP horrorshow governor.
DinahMoeHum
(21,837 posts)and tell them to put the Summer Olympics elsewhere (preferably NOT in the US)
We (and they) don't need the corruption and high-handedness displayed by these so-called lords of sport.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)How dare I even ask. Another cultural downer from Gregorian.
Fuck, where do we start drawing the line? Are we really going to build, build, build until we're treading water?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)as all the other National Olympic committees can go to hell. Taxpayers do not need to be on the hook for this corrupt vanity project.
valerief
(53,235 posts)an open area, not a metropolitan city.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)About time the someone dictated to the IOC rather than the other way around.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)Re: 2022 and beyond:
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21645114-hosting-olympics-and-world-cup-bad-citys-health-just-say-no
There should be an automatic ethics and finance investigation for any elected official who hooks up with the IOC.
Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)We don't want this boondoggle. Send it to LA or better yet, back to Greece. The games belong in a permanent location. Started in Greece, should still be there.
We of Massachusetts are not in favor of this event.
Now, as to the Governor....a no vote should be demanded of him too!
msongs
(67,502 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,010 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)On edit : We really needs to blame the stupid who watch this shit on tv. They are the poison well that attracts this scum.
Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)The stupid who watch this shit on TV?
You mean like the thousands of kids that get inspired and begin doing more athletics themselves?
Fuckin' a, might as well just blame the stupid that COMPETE in this shit on TV.
That's your real fucking poison!
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Kids have no opportunities to learn about sports but for a every four year parade brought to you by corporate criminals, grifters, dictators and royals.
Yes, only the facile and stupid watch the olympics.
allinthegame
(132 posts)About how Los Angeles is ready to jump in if Boston goes out.
I hope this common sense statement from the mayor makes an impression on ours.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)if all it involves was spending taxpayer money. He did it with the new NBA Arena.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)The logistics are pretty much impossible.
Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)The sales in bottled water alone!!!
olddots
(10,237 posts)Its big and ugly .
vinny9698
(1,016 posts)They started in Greece and should end in Greece. This way you could improve the facilities over time and come up with top notch stadiums.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]You should never stop having childhood dreams.[/center][/font][hr]