Another $67 million of Massachusetts taxes disappears down the Big Dig:
Big Dig officials significantly overestimated the amount of money that could be raised by selling off the project's Kneeland Street headquarters, creating a hole in their financing plan for the megaproject's final stages, officials disclosed yesterday.In hindsight, maybe the federal government should have spent $15 billion shoring up the levees in New Orleans instead of cutting the commuting time for Bostonians by ten minutes. Thanks Ted Kennedy!
The error has forced project officials to withdraw $67 million from a state transportation fund, money that would otherwise pay for smaller highway and transit projects around Massachusetts.
Even worse, that sweet, sweet money could have gone to pay for about 3 weeks of the Iraq occupation.
ReplyDeleteAgent Curveball,
ReplyDeleteAnd we all know that bringing a stable, democratic government to a perenially troubled region is less important than getting to work 10 minutes faster.
I think you should lean back the next time Clemens throws you a hot one high and tight.
Eric,
NO would have just spent the money on more Mardi Gras statues anyway. Kinda like my hometown spending their transportation money on a new library.
Blair