Baker this week waded into the weeds at the MBTA and tried to adjust public expectations, warning that the turnaround at the T would take years to accomplish. Eileen McAnneny, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and co-chair of the FixOurT Coalition, and Rafael Mares, vice president at the Conservation Law Foundation, came on the Codcast to discuss Baker’s remarks and the long-term prognosis for the state’s struggling transit authority.
Episode 12: Baker and the T
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Episode 12: Baker and the T
by The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon
July 22, 2016
