October 27, 2014

Dear Member of the United States Olympic Committee:

With seven weeks remaining before you vote on selecting a US candidate city for the 2024
Summer Olympics, we wanted to introduce our committee and its goals. No Boston Olympics
opposes Bostons Olympic bid, and is actively working to provide the citizens of Massachusetts
with accurate information about the immense costs associated with hosting the Games.

As the home of the United States first public school, first public park, and first subway, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a strong and proud tradition of social investment.
Hosting an Olympics is a $10-$20 billion undertaking that threatens the Commonwealths ability
to make much-needed investments in healthcare, education, and core transportation
infrastructure that have made the Bay State such an exceptional place to live, work, and play.

We are great admirers of our Olympic athletes, and we respect the efforts of the USOC to
advance the Olympic spirit. Choosing Boston as the sole US finalist for 2024 will threaten those
efforts by relying on a bid that requires building a new Olympic stadium, velodrome, aquatics
center, and Olympic Village -- all from scratch.

Over the coming seven weeks, please expect to hear from our organization and its members
about (1) the troubling weaknesses and flaws and of the current Boston bid, (2) the strong and
growing opposition to a Boston bid from Massachusetts voters, (3) and our planned efforts to
give the citizens of the Commonwealth a voice in whether or not to provide public backing to
an Olympic games.

We hope that you will carefully consider our position as you deliberate on this important choice.


Sincerely,


Chris Dempsey, Liam Kerr, Kelley Gossett Phillips
Co-Chairs, No Boston Olympics


www.nobostonolympics.org
Twitter: @NoBosOlympics
No Boston Olympics is a 501c4 Organization