Word: budgeting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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James J. Kerasiotes, Chair of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, claims in a recent op-ed article in The Boston Globe that he "has not been hiding a budget shortfall." Yet, the project's spokesperson admits that project managers realized last June that the project was $500 million over budget...
...reptile" and the other a "moron," according to The Wall Street Journal. In the same article, Kerasiotes asserted that the Governor was "scared" of him. The fact that Kerasiotes is so indispensable that he can get away with these types of transgressions on top of concealing a massive budget overrun is not reassuring...
...conduct of some officials in the Cellucci administration. Governor Cellicci ought to seriously reevaluate the state's management of the Big Dig project. The project's goals should be re-evaluated and re-oriented so that the Big Dig will be finished as quickly--and as close to budget--as possible. In the process, however, the citizens of Massachusetts should be able to believe that the information they are receiving about the Big Dig is full and accurate...
Weak supervision has also been a problem. Los Angeles lost 1,600 positions in the 1980s owing to budget cuts, and much of the attrition came among managers in the field. Parks says supervisors often didn't see--or worse, ignored--"red flags" that something was wrong. Perez has charged that a key reason for the misconduct he observed and participated in was that officers were "trying to impress supervisors...
...Party overload. "They're going to be two completely different shows," says Wolfe. "That's the fascinating phenomenon of art: you can paint a picture of a bird, and I can paint a picture of a bird, and they can be two completely different birds." Still, Wolfe's bigger-budget production has perhaps more to lose if it is perceived as an also...