You can waste money in the public sector. You can waste money via privatization. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, putting public projects out to bid for private contractors is not a cure-all, nor a guaranteed money-saver, nor a … [Read more...]
Baker lays up treasures
Stonehill Professor Peter Ubertaccio has a new post decrying the tactics of Setti Warren's campaign, trying to strip the bark off of Charlie Baker's popularity. Setti Warren's campaign is alleging that the governor is dallying on Puerto … [Read more...]
State auditor has proposed regs that could weaken the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) The Pacheco Law has over the years been one of the more effective available checks on the runaway privatization of state services. But the law, which has been the target of continual attacks from … [Read more...]
#CrumblingT: A video for a “car guy” mayor
First, to acknowledge Doug Rubin's objection to my use of "Coakley moment" to describe Marty Walsh's out-of-touch statement on the T. Martha's obviously paid a high price for the last few years, and I don't do this website to be cruel to … [Read more...]
Marty Walsh’s Coakley moment
And on such a day ... #MBTA #RedLine: Shuttle buses btwn Park St & Ashmont. Braintree branch service is running btwn Braintree & JFK/UMass https://t.co/LlyGZqgQLZ pic.twitter.com/zqMY0w8BZb — MBTA (@MBTA) September 22, … [Read more...]
The Northeast Should Limit Pollution from Transportation
Cross-posted from UCS blog The Equation. Over the past decade, the Northeast region of the United States has helped lead the country—and the world—in supporting and developing clean, renewable sources of electricity. Taken together, the … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: Hear no lawsuit, see no lawsuit
WBUR is still owning the Ramirez/MBTA story: Turns out that the T's Fiscal Management and Control Board seems not to have been informed about Ramirez's shall-we-say dicey history at Global Power Equipment Group. Nor did they seem to have a … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: “a little fire on the tracks”
In case you missed it, WBUR's team of Chakrabarti and McNerney have even yet still another chapter in the fascinating story of Luis Ramirez -- or more properly, of the people who hired him for the MBTA. The head-hunting firm that found … [Read more...]
MBTA GM: It gets worse
Meghna Chakrabarti and Kathleen McNerney reported last week about the rather sketchy "turnaround" record of Luis Ramirez, Charlie Baker's and Stephanie Pollack's choice for T chief. It gets worse, a lot worse: His former company, Global … [Read more...]
It’s time to make Keolis pay
I was outraged to hear that the Baker administration decided to forgive $839,000 in fines leveled against Keolis, the outsourced operator of the commuter rail system, behind closed doors and without any notice to the public. As co-chairs of … [Read more...]
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