Romney Under Investigation by the Feds

[Rose Siding]

Federal officials are probing scathing allegations that the Romney administration falsely claimed to conduct safety inspections in the Big Dig tunnel that collapsed and killed a woman in July.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is zeroing in on state financial documents from 2005 - cited in a new report by state Inspector General Gregory Sullivan - indicating that Gov. Mitt Romney was reviewing the safety of the Big Dig, when in fact the administration was only checking leaks in the Interstate 93 tunnel.

“Despite repeated assurances to bondholders, (MassHighway and Romney’s Executive Office of Transportation) . . . did not inspect the I-90 connector tunnel section where the July 10, 2006, collapse occurred,” Sullivan’s report states. “It is clear that casual disregard for the truth was grossly inappropriate."

The federal probe threatens to undercut Romney’s efforts to portray himself as a white knight for taxpayers on the problem-plagued $15 billion project as he lays the groundwork for a presidential run.

The SEC drafted a letter to several state agencies Aug. 23 requesting documents pertaining to safety reviews allegedly conducted in Big Dig tunnels between 2004 and the present. Sullivan’s report said Romney administration officials repeatedly declined requests from the state’s bond counsel to change language in financial documents about the Big Dig inspections. Romney finally said he would change the language in late July, after the fatal collapse and before the SEC probe.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=162187

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[arendt]

1. The Herald is a GOP rag. But, I guess they don't like Mitt, either...

they ran a nasty article about Mitt "grandstanding and then returning
to his vacation" at the time of the tunnel collapse.

And, the Big Dig is bi-partisan corruption. Any story about it plays big
at incensing all the anti-government voters.

All I can say is, Mitt is a lying POS, and it gladdens my heart that he is
attacked by his own foul "allies" in the corporate media.

arendt

[MADem]

2. OH, Happy Day!!!!!!!!!!!

Any day that Mitt the Shitt must feel the heat is a joyous day in Massachusetts.

While we grieve for the woman who was killed in the tunnel, was it just me who thought it odd that our fucking governor, who LIVES, for all intents and purposes, in New Hampshire, and who is so hands-off he's fucking INVISIBLE, all of a sudden wants to get all "hands on" with regard to this tunnel investigation? Quickly stepping up to assume TOTAL control, while firing everyone and anyone with any historical knowledge? Makes you wonder if he didn't want to obscure the evidence....!

And double happiness, indeed...it's the wingnut flake-ass HERALD ripping Mitt the Shitt to shreds!

Gee, Healey's gotta be devastated...I'll bet they've got a load of pictures of her, six paces behind the Shitt in a hardhat and safety vest, farting around the Big Dig and the tunnel system. Can't use those now in those hideous (I had children, vote for me!! My father had a heart attack, vote for ME! I put my husband through school, vote for ME!) television commercials.

[rep the dems]

3. I really hope this becomes a national story.

The more republicans with presidential aspirations that we can crush, the better.

[wordpix2]

4. always thought something was wrong with Gov. Perfect. What a phony

& another repuke criminal.