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Conor Yunits

ConorYunits@viv.migration
Posted inOlympics, Opinion

Why I went from no to yes

by Conor Yunits February 9, 2015July 17, 2017

IN THE BEGINNING of 2014, I was one of the co-founders of No Boston Olympics, a group of volunteers formed to oppose Boston’s Olympic bid. By December I had left the group, and decided to support Boston’s bid. My friends and peers have jokingly wondered who got to me, or who bought me off. But […]

Posted inEconomy, Opinion

Let’s think smart

by Liam Kerr, Chris Dempsey, Kelley Gossett Phillips and Conor Yunits October 9, 2014January 5, 2015

let this be a wakeup call to those who dismiss the dreams of Boston’s Olympic boosters as far-fetched or improbable: Boston is currently the global front-runner to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. John Fish himself admitted in early September that his Boston group is the United States Olympic Committee’s inside favorite to be the […]

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