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Group Pushing Boston Olympics Raised $2.9M In 1st Quarter

BOSTON (AP) — The group pushing to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston raised nearly $2.9 million during the first quarter of the year, and spent just over $2 million.

That's according to a report released Friday by Boston 2024.

The biggest donors to the group were John and Cyndy Fish, who contributed between $1 and $2 million. John Fish is a local construction magnate and the group's former leader.

The law firm Mintz Levin and the data storage company EMC Corp. each contributed between $500,000 and $1 million.

The report also included salaries of those working for the group.

Six people are pulling down annual salaries of more than $100,000 including the group's chief executive officer and former state Transportation Secretary Richard Davey, who is making $300,000 annually.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe reports:

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