It's only going to cost us four and a half million dollars to re-re-re-re-re-inspect the safety of the Big Dig. Strangely, the company hired to do the job has been paid to do past Big Dig inspections. There's no conflict there, we're assured.

Meanwhile, The Globe reports that the co-chair of the Transportation Committee took campaign contributions from Big Dig contractors. They also note the $68,000 that Tom Reilly, heading up the criminal investigation, received from Dig interests.

I guess we should hire another outside firm to try to determine how much money was stolen from the taxpayers in the course of the project. That, I'd be willing to re-pay for.