Chris Dempsey

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Chris Dempsey is co-chair of No Boston Olympics. He was formerly an assistant secretary of transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he co-founded and ran the MBTA's open-data initiative.

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Republican Gov.-elect Charlie Baker pictured on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP)

Letter To Charlie Baker: Choose Mass. Priorities Over Olympic Parties

As governor-elect, you must decide whether you want your first term to be defined and dominated by a bidding process for a three-week party that would be thrown after you...

Cognoscenti

Nov 20, 2014