December 2001
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The events of September 11 changed the debate over national
transportation policy. But there's one underlying reality: We have a
problem, and we're decades behind in fixing it.
State and local budgets are pressed to pay for more police, fire and
public health personnel and for new safety equipment.
Politics has always been rough in the Bay State. These days, though,
meanness sometimes seems like an end in itself.
A structure developed to deploy emergency workers when fires, floods
or earthquakes hit can be adapted to terrorist attacks, too.
As the federal grants for 100,000 new police officers expire,
localities struggle with how to pay for the positions.
