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      07-11-2006, 04:47 PM   #1
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Stay out of Boston tunnels




only in Massachusetts, the most corrupt state in the union.
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      07-11-2006, 04:48 PM   #2
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omg, is that the main tunnel highway that runs under boston (did they ever even finish building that?) or just some random tunnel?
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      07-11-2006, 04:56 PM   #3
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omg, is that the main tunnel highway that runs under boston (did they ever even finish building that?) or just some random tunnel?
you can read all about it here. http://www.boston.com/
that is part of the big dig and someone died last night from it.
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      07-11-2006, 04:59 PM   #4
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Ouch! Man, I saw that project on the discovery channel when they were building. The did a start to finish thing. I wonder how that happened!
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damn i love boston and this shiet happened! saw it on cnn while i was havin lunch today, 3ton concrete fell on a car and killed a woman (guess she's the driver)
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in this picture you can see the damaged car.
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and how many billions of our tax money they used???
stuff like this really pisses me off
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      07-11-2006, 06:27 PM   #8
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$14B and counting. It was projected to be a $3B project.

On a very sad note, how would you like the be the husband whose car got smooshed by the 30'x10' piece of concrete, having to climb out the crushed driver's window, after seeing your wife as a pancake beside you?

I figure fixing that fiasco will cost the nation's taxpayers another bil or so. First the leaking tunnels (that go under the harbor), now the damn things are falling apart.
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$14 B....but I bet $10 B went to somebodies' wallet
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yeah, this is pretty awful.. definitely trying to stay as far away from that place as possible..
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I spent 3 years in Boston and that whole big dig area was RIDICULOUS. It always amazed me how a city with such high levels of education could have such a poorly designed traffic and transit system.

After the money spent on that tunnel system, its a shame people were hurt like that. I remember seeing a newspaper article where they mentioned that $1billion was "missing" from the budget. Talk about corruption.
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corruption here is only childsplay
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Ohhhhhh man! What a joke! I lived there for 4 years...and they opened up the main arteries just before I left.

Last I heard....it was at $16B....and going. They had tons of leaks/flooding during the very first rain storm after it opened!

When I drove through it....it already looked ghetto!! It had just opened and already it was dumpy, dirty, and looked 10 years old!!

I am glad I no longer live there.
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only in Massachusetts, the most corrupt state in the union.[/QUOTE]

I might have to disagree with the most corrupt state in the union - unfortunately my state (Louisiana) will give any a run for its money on that front.
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I might have to disagree with the most corrupt state in the union - unfortunately my state (Louisiana) will give any a run for its money on that front.
I don't think there is that much corruption, as far as the government goes, but some sweetheart contracts were handed out, to all the usual suspects, as part of the Bid Pig. Also, when quadruple fold cost overruns started happenning, they would fire some government offical, hire a new one, and keep going.

Same thing is happening right now about the tunnel damage. The person hired to replace the person fired (back in 2001), is now getting axed. How about crushing some of those companies that are responsible. Modern Continental (who hung those concrete ceiling panels) should be responsible for all civil and criminal penalties that will be smacked down on this state, due to that terrible accident.
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I might have to disagree with the most corrupt state in the union - unfortunately my state (Louisiana) will give any a run for its money on that front.
ok then Massachusetts and Louisiana are right up there together, i'll give you that.
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