The Big Mess

As I'm sure most of you heard by now, Boston's Big Dig project was involved in a fatal catastrophe last night after a 12 ton piece of ceiling fell onto a vehicle killing newlywed Milena Delvalle, 38.

The Big Dig is a failed project ripe with corruption. Since its inception almost two decades ago, the country's largest infrastructure remodeling project has been plagued by outrageously overblown budgets and what is clearly shoddy work. In fact, local news reports circulating today stated that this same tunnel had a problem with the adhesive that held the pieces together as far back as 2001.

As you can guess from the picture to your right, Governor Mitt Romney who cut his vacation short to return to the scene, was not pleased.

"Gov. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he is taking legal action to oust the head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority after a woman was crushed to death by falling cement in a Boston Big Dig tunnel. "People should not have to drive through the Turnpike tunnels with their fingers crossed," Romney said. "Neither I nor anyone else could be or should be satisfied until we have new leadership at the Turnpike authority."

In what has been a long standing battle with the head of the MAss Transit Authority and Big Dig manager Matt Amorello, Governor Romney has now promised to fight with everything that he has until Mr Amorello is relieved of his duties. You see, among other oddities of the Bay State, there is a provision which makes it impossible for the Governor to fire Amorello without legal recourse and in addition, Amorello does not have to provide any details of the project to the Governor!

I say "Stop the Insanity."

14 billion dollars, leaks, falling tons of cement, corruption, bribery, sub-par work, A doesn't know what B is doing and C doesn't have the right to know even though C is in charge of A and B and NOW, we have this poor deceased woman.

I have no doubt that Governor Romney will indeed remove Amorello from his position and I believe the Big Dig will now be under a scrutiny never before seen in this state. However, it won't bring back Milena. I wonder if either of our esteemed Senators will be attending her funeral?