Walsh: Entire Olympic bid doc to be released

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Councilor Tito Jackson asks a question at a recent Boston 2024 hearing.

Walsh: Entire Olympic bid doc to be released
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Erin Smith

Under mounting pressure from angry city councilors, Mayor Martin J. Walsh pushed Olympic organizers to release the original bid book that won Boston the chance to compete as a host city for the 2024 Summer Games.

“Boston 2024, with the support of Mayor Walsh and the USOC, will be releasing the complete preliminary bid package, including the redacted portions, to the public early next week,” Boston 2024 Chairman Steve Pagliuca said in a statement.

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson has been leading the charge to order Boston 2024 CEO Richard Davey to appear before the council and produce a complete, unredacted copy of the original bid book Boston 2024 submitted to the United States Olympic Committee.

“The question of releasing the original bid documents has become an unnecessary distraction in what should be a constructive civil discourse about the future of the city of Boston,” Walsh said in a statement yesterday. “It’s important that we continue our focus on building a concrete and sound plan that is shaped by community input and brings long-term benefits to the city of Boston and its residents.