From the latest Amorello press conference -- in response to a question about whether he'll step down:

I have taken an oath of office to serve as chairman of the Turnpike Authority until 2007.

Was that the oath, that he would stay in the job until his tenure ended? That's a contract not an oath of office. I couldn't track down the actual text of the oath, but I'm guessing it was less about what we would do for Matt and more about what Matt would do for us.

There's more to go after in the transcript, but it's like beating a dead horse. Blue Mass has a preview of an interview with Chet Curtis that will air tonight on NECN. And on it goes.

UPDATE: I don't know how I missed this Steve Bailey piece:

Matt Amorello has a decision to make: He can make the next six months about assuring the safety of the turnpike, or he can make it about himself.

Exactly. Matt and his press conferences are the proverbial highway wreck; we know we should keep our eyes on the road ahead but we just can't stop looking. That's why it's important that he go away. Maybe then we can focus on the real culprits: the contractors, and the system that let them screw us.