Equilibria
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Bay State Congressmen become NIMBY's.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/01/pols_oppose_24_olympics_venue_sites
Lynch will be a NIMBY until the moment that the Food Mart people sell (he assumes eminent domain, but it isn't certain). Then, he'll be an enthusiastic supporter. That's fine - he's a representative and he has to represent his constituency, of which the Food Mart is a part.
The velodrome idea is dumb as currently laid out, but I'm not sure where Capuano is coming from here. It's planned to go on undevelopable and inaccessible land and will open the riverfront up to the public - it's a net good, even if no one ever cycles in it again. Honestly, they might have better luck designing the velodrome to be permanent. Take out all the seats (or reconfigure them) and take out the track, and you could convert it into a civic center or small concert venue adjacent to Wynn. Heck, maybe Wynn will buy it from them. It's just a shell once you take out the cycling surface.
The Globe, apparently skeptical that Boston can stay within budget, wants the Federal government to pick up a lion's share of the overall cost.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...or-olympics/H6jWZEcTpVHG7DoMew14vJ/story.html
If the Feds picked up additional costs in 1996 and 2002, then it's a reasonable suggestion that they do so this time. That said, good luck getting a Republican Congress to fund a prestige project in Boston. Dallas? Sure! They'd pay for the whole thing. Not Boston.