“It
is outrageous that on the eve of Senators being asked to consider millions of
dollars in tax increases and new spending for transportation needs, we discover
exorbitant expenditures on personnel costs at the MBTA and a complete lack of
transparency that has shrouded these costs from public view even as
transportation officials plead their case for more and more money.
Senate
Republicans are giving the legislature a clear choice to avoid the policy of
“Tax first, ask questions later.”
