The money pit

From the Boston Globe: “Massachusetts attorney general seeks 108m in Big Dig refunds”:

The office of Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has demanded $108 million in refunds from Big Dig contractors, the first time his office has stated an amount it believes taxpayers are owed because of shoddy work.

It’s like it just dawned on them that the Big Dig is costing a lot more money than they thought. Like $10 billion (with a “b”) more. If Massachusetts had put the Big Dig on its Discover card, we’d be getting that 1% back automatically.