Boston’s mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city’s effort to host the 2024 Olympics on Monday when he declared he wouldn’t sign any document “that puts one dollar of taxpayer money on the line for one penny of overruns on the Olympics.”
That document is the host city contract that most in the Olympics consider crucial to any city’s success. Walsh made his announcement at a hastily called news conference that coincided with Gov. Charlie Baker’s meeting with the U.S. Olympic Committee.
