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tryingkelly t1_je0bmku wrote

Reply to comment by just_planning_ahead in Crisis-Hit MBTA to Be Led by Man Who Turned Around Long Island Railroad by Illustrious-Nose3100

I feel weirdly like I need to defend the T here and I don’t want too. He’s probably going to fail. Massachusetts politics are insular and corrupt, and notoriously unfriendly to outsiders, and he’s gonna need political cooperation to succeed.

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Maxpowr9 t1_je0tdv0 wrote

Yep. It's why the State Legislature fought so hard against the FTA taking over. Same reason they're fighting against being audited. Corruption is likely rampant in State Government and MBTA.

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wittgensteins-boat t1_je1bcge wrote

In what manner did the legislature fight against Federal Transit Administration?

Citations needed.

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[deleted] t1_je4ueh8 wrote

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wittgensteins-boat t1_je4z4cj wrote

Not the legislature's move.

A crisis of repairs needed for new rolling stock to be able to operate on the line, after an egregious fire.

That is safety compliance expenditure, even if inadequate, compared to decades of inadequate funding for capital maintenance.

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SkiingAway t1_je0uzrd wrote

Eh, NYS is just as infamously difficult and corrupt.

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spitfish t1_je1nurw wrote

> Massachusetts politics are insular and corrupt,

The only thing we can do to prevent that is to get involved in local politics.

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