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March 3, 2009 - 11:57 am

Jim Aloisi, The Gift That Keeps Giving - With Poll

By Ernie Boch, III

Jim Aloisi likes to be the 600 lb. gorilla in any room he can sneak in to. In the case of MassPort Jim is more like the 600 lb gorilla who voluntary left the room but stays in the hallway. He wants to be remembered and still feared.

The little man with a celebrated temper sent a letter to the Mass Port chairman and executive director yesterday demanding they rescind a $1.00 increase in parking fees they announced.

Aloisi demanded that MassPort provide him with "comprehensive justification" for the increase.

Two facts stand out.
1. Aloisi, while MassPort board member, voted to allow this increase to happen.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 14:48

Committee chairmen hit Patrick’s transportation plan

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON - The chairmen of the state Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation were quick to criticize Gov. Deval Patrick's transportation plan on Tuesday, saying that it doesn't take into account all of the challenges facing the state's transportation system and that the administration took too long to deliver the proposal.

Lawmakers hear varying opinions of public-private partnerships

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON - The state Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation convened Wednesday for the first of four planned public hearings on tackling the state's transportation costs and offered few insights as to what proposal it would support.

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