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Massachusetts

unhappycamper

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2. I'm thinking Boston 2024 is a land grab job.

Reply to Demeter (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 3, 2015, 06:53 AM

Jul 2015

Get the state (taxpayers) to cough up a billion or so to fix some roads and part of the MBTA.

When the Olympics are done stiff the taxpayers for the reaminder.

Jiggery-pokery stuff.

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Economist, Olympic Expert Andrew Zimbalist on Boston 2024's '2.0' Plan: 'It's Bologna' [View all] unhappycamper Jul 2015 OP

The only place worse than a major coastal US city for the Olympics Demeter Jul 2015 #1

I'm thinking Boston 2024 is a land grab job. unhappycamper Jul 2015 #2

Please keep things like this in for public eye. Thanks n/t Paper Roses Jul 2015 #3

the city that gave us the big dig \nt 6chars Jul 2015 #4

And the cost overruns of the big dig as well as R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2015 #5