MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

A Few Nuggets from the Conference Budget

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The Conference Budget came out late last night and its being…

Our New State Piggy Bank

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The Mass Convention Center Authority appears to be the new piggy…

The BPPA and BPA

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The Globe reports that the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association…

Consider a business with two customers

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The first customer pays in about two months after getting bill,…

Unfunded Pension Liabilities Might Be Bigger Than You Think

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I'm not done with the latest 2008 Investment Report on pension…

2008 Was A Bad Year In The Markets

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PERAC has released the 2008 results for the state and local pension…

EOT and MBTA Do Good with BRT

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Enough acronyms for you? BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit. The…

A Few Wrinkles in the DiMasi Indictment

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Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi was indicted today. You can read…

13 is not the right number

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Reading about the investigation into misconduct at the MBTA Police…

My Earthfest Pet Peeve

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Earthfest is this Saturday on the Esplanade. If past practice…

Raising the Symbolism Bar

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Sure, our local politicians have their symbolism -- who can forget…

Interesting Wrinkles in New GIC Study

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A new study, published by the Rappaport Institute and Collins…

Can He Say That?

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Treasurer Tim Cahill went down to New Bedford and told them: the…

13 Questions for the Special Commission on Pension Reform

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1) How many members of the commission really think pensions and…

The Laws of Economics Still Apply

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Senator Bruce Tarr of Gloucester has filed an amendment to the…

The Buddy-Boy World of Massachusetts Public Pensions

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Remember Tim Bassett? He's the guy who retired, took a pension,…

The Return of Governor Deval Patrick

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The House of Representatives is, as we go to press, engaged in…

Interesting Choices

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I opened up my Globe this AM to be greeted by this Metro section…

Treasurer Cahill's Spring Cleaning

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Allegations were made regarding the connections between the Treasurer…

Almost a million dollars an hour

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One of my pet issues has been moving payroll and other short-lived…

Pick Your Favorite Earmark

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The amendments to the House Ways & Means Budget are in!! Take…

Reform for Thee, Not for Me

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The House passed a limited version (more to come, they promise)…

Potemkin Reform

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It is becoming increasingly difficult to buy into the notion…

How Not to Advocate for Transit

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Yesterday's Globe covered the expansion of the Green Line into…

Hmmm, Astrid Glynn returns

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New York State Transportation Commissioner Astrid Glynn is resigning…

Truth Telling

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An eye-opening quote from the CBO's analysis of the proposed…

Metrics Matter

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Noah Bierman of the Globe had an interesting piece in Sunday's…

Going After the Cabbies

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City Councillor John Tobin has proposed a sliding taxi fare scale…

Enough about Marian Walsh, let's talk about Quasi-Public Conduits

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The Patrick Administration's publicly stated (still!) strategy…

Assignment Desk: No Compensation Provision of Pension Reform

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To: Hilary Chabot, Matt Viser and whomever else is writing on…