Friday, April 12, 2013
Today I Released the Following Statement Regarding the Rising Personnel Costs at the MBTA:
Boston- Senate
Minority Leader Bruce Tarr released the following statement today regarding a
Pioneer Institute report that found that the MBTA has provided significant
personnel raises to its staff in the midst of a statewide transportation
funding crisis:
“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.”
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