The gloves have come off in the push to bring the Olympics to Boston in 2024, as Suffolk Construction magnate John Fish — the driving force behind the multibillion-dollar bid — yesterday ripped an opposition group as grandstanding, wet-behind-the-ears opportunists.
"They're taking a stance so they can sort of politicize the issue … it gives them a platform to be acknowledged," Fish said of No Boston Olympics, which Monday sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic Committee predicting massive cost overruns that will threaten health care, education and transportation investments. "Who are they and what currency do they have? What have they done to help Boston, and help make the commonwealth of Massachusetts a better place? All of a sudden they want to rabble-rouse. I think these people are grandstanding."
No Boston Olympics is helmed by management consultant Chris Dempsey of Brookline, a staffer on Gov. Deval Patrick's 2006 campaign who worked as an assistant secretary of transportation in his administration. The group is also led by Liam Kerr of Boston, Boston homeless advocate Kelley Gossett Phillips, and Hub public relations executive Conor Yunits.
Dempsey, 31, said his organization "is representing Massachusetts voters who have serious concerns and questions about an Olympics that could cost $10 billion to $20 billion and detract from far more pressing priorities facing the commonwealth."
"We feel like we are representing the regular people out there on the street that have these concerns," Dempsey said. "We aren't questioning the motives of the boosters, and we're surprised that they're questioning ours."
Fish, whose advocacy group added a "Myth vs. Fact" portion to its website yesterday to counter No Boston Olympics' numbers and narratives, said he's "found a lot of the information they've put out there is not accurate and I think a lot of it's unsubstantiated."
The Boston 2024 Partnership has said the initial estimated cost for the games would be about $4.5 billion, and that no tax dollars would be used to build venues or operate the Games. Public investment, the group says, will be confined to transportation improvements that are already needed.
The group is working to meet a Dec. 1 deadline to submit its proposal to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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