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Duh? Governor Charlie Baker, running for re-election, has FULL FAITH....? Charlie Baker PUNTS! STOP GIVING CHARLIE BAKER A FREE PASS FOR HIS INCOMPETENCE. Wasn't this NO BID? Governor Charlie Baker is incapable of MANAGING! Sorry, Charlie! This is a NON-ANSWER. The governor, who said he believed the bathroom was installed, in part, because of the (MBTA) fiscal management control boards' hours- long meetings,   offered that the agency, overall, has been saving Massachusetts money.  So they save money elsewhere and can misspend on an unneessary bathroom? WORTH READING IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR CHARLIE'S NON-ANSWERS: Gov. Charlie Baker praises MassDOT's fiscal management in spite of $100k bathroom criticism Updated  Mar 13, 9:36 AM ;  Posted  Mar 13, 9:34 AM By  Shannon Young syoung@repub.com SPRINGFIELD -- Massachusetts Gov.  Charlie Baker  said he has "full faith and confidence" in how the state's Department...

Charlie Baker is running for re-election and misspending taxpayer dollars without results.  Overpaid incompetents can't keep trains running on time or safely. Now Charlie blames others --- Sorry Charlie! You own it!   SouthCoast Rail service to Boston could start in 2022 or Charlie Baker's $935 MILLION Brain Fart! One of the biggest details revealed includes a $935 million price tag in a five-year capital plan.   MassDOT + $1 BILLION FOLLY! Selectwoman Diane Stewart expressed frustration about the state prioritizing South Coast Rail over unresolved traffic congestion at the Route 44 rotary. She said a rotary flyover would affect 47,000 cars each day, far more than the train station, for far less money than has already been spent planning the Stoughton commuter line. “I have a problem with that,” she said. Jean Fox, project manager for South Coast Rail, said DOT has looked at preliminary engineering with regard to traffic and is awaiting ...

DOT notes: Big rail projects and small bridges Officials also making efforts to coordinate projects to minimize disruptions JACK SULLIVAN Feb 12, 2018 SOUTH COAST RAIL  project officials said phasing in the new line by running it through Middleboro not only gets the service operating years ahead of time, it gives the line a head start on the full build-out without adding to the projected $3.2 billion cost. In a presentation Monday to a joint meeting of the Department of Transportation board and the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board, James Eng, deputy rail administrator for MassDOT, said the clamor for rail service from Fall River and New Bedford showed there had to be a train to Boston sooner rather than later. “We heard from the public that they want service now from Fall River and New Bedford and they want good service,” Eng told the combined boards. Gov. Charlie Baker last week filed an amended environmental impact report to begin building the proj...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/31/2018 Competing speeches | Gaming the system? | Media blessings Happening Today   GIC health-plan hearing, Gaming Commission reviews Wynn allegations, ‘WPI Seaport’   -- Gov.  Charlie Baker  travels to the Park City area in Utah for a family vacation with First Lady Lauren Baker and their children, returning to Massachusetts on Saturday. -- Attorney General  Maura Healey  urges the Legislature to pass two automatic voter registration bills at a press conference to kick off a lobby day, Room 428, 10 a.m. -- Auditor  Suzanne Bump  meets with the Regional Schools and Rural Caucuses to discuss recommendations from her office's October 2017...