Big Dig
MOST RECENT
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Boston says goodbye to former Mayor White
… envisioned a city without the elevated Central Artery, demolished several years ago when the highway was buried during the Big Dig project. "I remember Kevin pounding on the wall ... pointing to the old Central Artery and saying that bleeping monstrosity …
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Garrett Quinn - Oh, You Haven't Heard? Tax Increases are on the Way.Garrett Quinn fills in on Kevin Whalen's Pundit Review. Tonight we start the show talking about tax hikes that are in the forcast for 2012. Also hot topic is the fare increases the MBTA is preparing. Are you in favor of higher taxes and MBTA cost hikes?
of the in in terms of the you know return to the Big Dig -- I think there there is a case can be made that this the state should take on part of it. Awho had control of a -- of controlled the MBTA in the Big Dig project. So you know the notion for me the notion that the MBTA was sort of an innocent bystander in all this.
Audio & Video
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Avi Nelson - Occupy Boston Permits
Brian Joyce, filling in for Avi Nelson, discusses the fact that Occupy Boston never got a permit. He takes a flurry of calls on the topic, both for and against the Occupy movement.
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Jennifer Athas, Contributor at the Boston Herald, on the Condo MarketJennifer Athas from the Boston Herald discusses the local real estate market.
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Should "Happy Hour" return to Massachusetts?This city has a robust bar culture, with trivia nights, $1 oyster specials and plenty of other perks to keep patrons coming. But not since 1984, when “Cheers” was new to television, has Massachusetts allowed bars to hold happy hours. It looked as if that might change last month, when the State Senate passed an amendment that could pave the way for bars and restaurants to once again serve free or discounted drinks during certain time periods. The amendment’s ultimate passage seems doubtful now. But it has rekindled an old debate, even provoking a stern warning from former Gov. Michael Dukakis, who signed the ban on happy hours 27 years ago. Should "Happy Hour" return to Massachusetts?
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Avi Nelson - Finances and Occupy Wall Street
In the secound hour, Avi continues the discussion of finances and ties in the Occupy Wall Street movement as well.
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Avi Nelson - MLK Jr. Memorial and more on Uganda
In the second hour, Avi continues with the topic of troops in Uganda, while bringing up the Martin Luther King Jr memorial, set to unveil tomorrow.
Pages & Blogs
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The President Dared to Say This Today
… influence and generalized corruption that we could pull off a project like that without spending a fortune. Consider the Big Dig . So, anyway, here comes the president's big line: There’s no reason why we should sit here and watch the best …
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The Velvet Fog is Snippy Deval in Real Life
… significant budget challenges and widespread criticism for its handling of a crisis set off by a light fixture that fell in a Big Dig tunnel. The increases coincided with Governor Deval Patrick’s call for public employee unions to forgo raises and pay …
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Deval's Deflection
… Baker got government out of the future business with his big dig financing scheme, and we’ve been pulling our way out ..... He added, “I know why they want to talk about the Big Dig , because they don’t want to talk about the mess they …
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Bottom Floor
Matt Amorello was so drunk that he passed out on the floor of the police station before having his mug shot taken, which could only be done with police holding his head up. Earlier, they needed pepper spray to get him to let go of his steering wheel so he could be arrested. “I don’t know what ...
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Heralded Service
Many wonder how those who build a life on the dole of 'public service' survive when they are no longer... er... servicing the public. Here's one example. A judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the former chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority after he failed to show up in court to
