(Boston Herald) Mitt’s MIA as bigs dig into tunnel tragedy

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Mitt’s MIA as bigs dig into tunnel tragedy
By Kimberly Atkins
Boston Herald Reporter
Thursday, July 13, 2006 - Updated: Jul 14, 2006 11:10 AM EST

THE POLITICS: Gov. Mitt Romney rushed back to his bucolic New Hampshire vacation home yesterday as fast as he had hurried here Tuesday to demand the head of the Big Dig chieftain Matt Amorello. Meanwhile, state and federal officials hunkered down to do the hard work of finding out why a tunnel ceiling collapsed and killed a Jamaica Plain woman.

“Unbelievable,” state Sen. Marc Pacheco said when told Romney had quickly resumed his vacation, saying he was sending the governor a formal request to suspend Big Dig manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff from doing any more state work until all criminal investigations of the I-90 Seaport connector tunnel catastrophe are complete.

“Maybe we’ll have to send it by Pony Express,” Pacheco added.

Romney interrupted his vacation Tuesday to hold a news conference calling for the ouster of Amorello, the Pike chairman. But as inspectors discovered dozens of construction flaws that shut down both sides of the I-90 connector tunnel indefinitely, Romney returned to finish his weeklong retreat at his 12-acre waterfront home in Wolfeboro along Lake Winnipesaukee.

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1. I don't get it - why shouldn't the governor be allowed to finish vacation?

What do they want him to do - fix the tunnel himself? Why does he need to be there? Do they make him stay in the state whenever any piece of roadway goes into ruins?

:shrug: :wtf::shrug: :wtf::shrug: :wtf::shrug: :wtf::shrug: :wtf:

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2. It's a bit bigger than that, Rabrrr

It's billions of dollars on a boondoggle, with much criminal activity possibly involved.

This is a huge state government crisis.

The governor should be there. One has to wonder if his heart is in Massachusetts.. The voters
should have asked themselves that before voting for him in the first place.

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