LIke I say, I wasn’t around here when most of the Big Dig stuff was going on, so I’ll profess my ignorance. I certainly have a narrative about what was involved with the runaway project, but I don’t have the details. Charley offers a list of those who should answer for their involvement (or lack thereof). But I sure wish some newspaper would present a nice, clear, reliable timeline of what went on in the Big Dig project. Not just a timeline of problems that have emerged in the last year, but a blow-by-blow of when legislators authorized what, who had oversight and in what capacity, who resigned when for what reason. For those of us with hazy memories or those, like me, who moved to Massachusetts late in the construction.
Or have they already?
Example questions such a timeline might answer:
- Did Christy Mihos really get pushed out because he was a whistleblower? At the time, I thought Swift wanted to fire him because he wanted to lower the Turnpike tolls, while the powers that be wanted to raise them to help with Big Dig costs.
- If documents were indeed shredded, then who was responsible? Celucci? Someone internal to the turnpike authority? Lone operator with connections elsewhere?
Forgive my ignorance if these questions have obvious answers. I do hope, though, that the news outlets or some enterprising bloggers are working on some version of a Big Dig for Dummies.
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