Eileen McNamara's Bizarro World

Eileen McNamara looks at the mess that is the Big Dig and sees a world in which we rush to the phones to demand our legislators invest heavily in mass transit.

Sco looks at the mess that is the Big Dig and reads McNamara's column and sees a world in which we rush to defeat any legislator who would dare suggest another major public-works project in Boston:

... People are angry, and angry people don't want to put even more money into a new project that could end up causing just as many problems as the CA/Tastrophe. McNamara forgets that residents of the state that do not have to commute into Boston (yes, there are such people) are not going to want to have anything to do with another expensive public works project for a long time. I, for one, would rather sit in my car than give Beacon Hill hacks another opportunity to line their pockets until they can prove to me that they've cleaned up their act. ...

Jason, however, agrees with McNamara and says the real problem is Republican control of the executive and suburban control of the legislature:

... Why does the suburban and rural portion of the Commonwealth have such an apparent disproportionate influence on urban Boston. Is it me or is there some odd undercurrent of bizarre conservative provincialism in Massachusetts? So much for the "Hub". It seems that we are beyond debating the necessity of public transit and the Big Dig. Both are failing, there should be accountability, but the people in the Commonwealth should move forward together to repair and fix both and stop the grumbling.