Never fear, folks -- bad old Matt Amorello is gone (any sandblasted hard drives this time?), and all-around good guy, family guy, former nursery owner with puppy-dog eyes Atticus Finch John Cogliano is now head of the Turnpike Authority. … [Read more...]
Capka FINALLY recuses himself from CA/Tastrophe probe
AP reports that Richard Capka, the former executive director of the Mass. Turnpike Authority and now the head of the Federal Highway Administration, has at long last agreed to recuse himself from FHWA's investigation of the CA/Tastrophe.As … [Read more...]
Herald having a field day with Globe screw-up on CA/Tastrophe memo
The Herald is clearly enjoying the fact that the Globe appears to have been duped by a former Modern Continental employee who anonymously sent them (though he first denied it was him) what now appears to have been a faked memo about ceiling … [Read more...]
Big Dig Review Board: The next step
sco has a must-read post (as are all of his posts) in support of Sen. Marian Walsh's (D-West Roxbury) proposal of an independent expert review board with subpoena power for the Big Dig, modeled on the Ward Commission, an expert panel … [Read more...]
Gabrieli’s Big Dig/Bechtel Connection
By now, almost every BMG reader has heard Gabrieli utter the words (probably over and over and over), "And the Big Dig proves again that government is not getting the job done." The ad appears designed to cast Gabrieli as an outsider … [Read more...]
Throw the bums out?
John Daley's thrown down the gauntlet for a Throw The Bums Out movement against the Democratic legislature, in the wake of the failure by the entire MA political establishment to responsibly handle the Big Dig over the last 20 years or … [Read more...]
Harshbarger hails Patrick
David asked about public safety: Given the rash of violence in Boston and elsewhere, what role does the governor have? Harshbarger sees the Governor as a coordinator between various stakeholders, i.e. AGs, DAs, mayors, federal state local … [Read more...]
Romney at Fenway… enough already
I've been enjoying the Red Sox very much lately. Winning in dramatic fashion on a regular basis, keeping the Yankees at bay, solid play by all, different hero every other night (Ortiz has been ridiculously electric), etc. But … [Read more...]
“The Big Dig is the best thing ever to happen to me!”
You see why Governor Velveeta had to leave the state so soon: to tout his leadership on the CA/Tastrophe:AMES, Iowa -- Nearly three weeks after a ceiling collapse in a Big Dig tunnel killed a Boston woman, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney … [Read more...]
Romney Wrong to Veto Greenway
Here's a few reasons why Romney is wrong.1. Vetoing public greenspace in downtown areas may not play well nationally. Everyone loves parks. Nixing playgrounds doesn't seem very, oh how to put it, presidential.2. … [Read more...]
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