Edward M. Ginsburg borrowed a metaphor from his days as a judge when he blew the whistle in 2005 on the cozy cooperation between Big Dig contractors and the state employees who were supposed to be keeping an eye on the project’s flaws.
“They were all married to each other,” Mr. Ginsburg, told the Globe after he issued a blistering report about how contractors and their supposed watchdogs had essentially worked together to keep the public from knowing the full extent of the Big Dig’s failings.
Mr. Ginsburg, who lived in West Newton and whose health was failing, was 90 when he died on June 24. A retired Middlesex Probate and Family Court judge, he had seen firsthand during 25 years on the bench how people get hurt when marriages go wrong.
Appointed by state officials to lead the cost-recovery team that sought monetary damages from contractors for Big Dig errors, Mr. Ginsburg unearthed the relationship between contractors and state employees that hurt taxpayers by thwarting attempts to recoup funds.
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He said they seemed to work harder to block the flow of accurate information to his team — and ultimately to the public — than they did to address construction flaws that left the Interstate 93 tunnels riddled with leaks.
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