Boston's Big-Dig Fiasco

American Voices • war for the white house • cities • ISSUE 42•29 • Jul 19, 2006

Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney took over an inspection of the Big Dig, Boston's recently completed multi-billion-dollar tunnel highway system, after a collapsed ceiling panel killed a driver. What do you think?

“Listen, when the government spends $14 billion on anything, you are going to have to accept that an innocent person will die under a concrete slab.”
Mindy Wilmington –
Lathe Operator
“That's what they get for building it on the site of the ancient Indian burial tunnels.”
Adam Conklin –
Prosthetic Limb Salesperson
“How come when I spend day after day in a tunnel it's 'loitering and trespassing,' but when the governor of Massachusetts does it, it's an 'investigation'?”
Brian Laskin –
Pizza Delivery Driver

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