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“Crazy”?

December 15, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

cue Gnarls Barkley ...Gov.-elect Deval Patrick said he would be "crazy" not to consider longtime Big Dig insider Jim Aloisi for transportation secretary, even though Patrick demonized the project's political culture during the campaign for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, massachusetts, transportation-secretary

Tom’s “Big” Law suit

November 27, 2006 By red-white-and-blue

At the same time as this is going the special grand jury, (requested by Tom) is meeting to determine if any individuals should face criminal charges. The globe article added, " Reilly's staff is still calculating damages such as lost toll … [Read more...]

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The Dean, Mitt, and salt

November 26, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

David Broder writes a seemingly fair article on His Expediency in the WaPo, trying to suss out what experience Mitt brings from the state he can't leave soon enough. As these things go, it's not bad, until  this paragraph, which has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, broder, ca/tastrophe, cogliano, governor, massachusetts, romney

Romney ’08: Not happening, folks. Move along.

November 18, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Furthermore, we've got the Big Dig. Yeah, Mitt tried to get the 'Pike Authority under his thumb for a few years, and finally got it. That would have been a good move if he had been the hands-on managerial type we thought he was, and was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 08, big-dig, governor, health-care, massachusetts, national, president, romney

What is Patrick’s mandate?

November 13, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Well gosh, it's not too much to say that a guy who wins by 20 points has a "mandate", is it? But let's face it: for all that I have thought that Deval Patrick was more specific than his competitors on any number of issues, the press and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, budget, governor, massachusetts, patrick, taxes

“Heckuva job, Johnny!”

October 27, 2006 By David

Does the recent imbroglio over Mitt Romney's hand-picked Turnpike Chairman and transportation secretary John Cogliano's rehiring of Bechtel to fix the tunnel they broke remind you of anything?Let's compare RomneyCo's response to this string … [Read more...]

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Big Dig Culture: Could this be more pathetic?

October 26, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Isn't this just more and more astonishing? Mitt chucks 'Pike chief and all-around good-guy John Cogliano under the bus:Gov. Mitt Romney is blaming transportation secretary John Cogliano’s haste to reopen Big Dig tunnels after July’s fatal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bechtel, big-dig, cogliano, massachusetts, romney

Big Dig Culture: “You’re kidding, right?”

October 24, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

I really don't have much to add to this:After repeatedly bashing safety oversight by the Big Dig’s top management consultant, the Romney administration quietly tapped the controversial firm to inspect repairs of the Interstate 90 ceiling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, ca/tastrophe, governor, massachusetts, romney

Healey needs to stop (oh, gosh, “lying” is such a strong word) about the Big Dig

October 14, 2006 By David

Really, really terrible news for Kerry Healey -- and Mitt Romney, for that matter -- in the papers the last couple of days, all stemming from Inspector General Gregory Sullivan's new "interim report" on the CA/Tastrophe (thanks to Benny and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, governor, healey, massachusetts, patrick, romney, vote-11.7.2006

Big Dig Culture marches on

October 10, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Affordable housing under 40B: No oversight, no accountability, big profits for private business:Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan's staff has spent the past year examining records from state offices and town halls and financial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-dig, governor, hackery, healey, massachusetts, patrick, romney, waste

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