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...court rules King cannot spend the $41 million needed to keep the bankrupt system running for the rest of the year, the area's 250,000 MBTA riders may find service halted immediately. "I would think that (a shutdown) would have to happen," King told a press conference Saturday...
King's legislative proposal for reorganization of the debt-plagued MBTA was soundly defeated last week, but King has not yet filed amended legislation. He allowed the legislature to adjourn Thursday without taking action to resolve the crisis...
King indicated he would make one more attempt to work "within the system." Wednesday, at a meeting of the MBTA Advisory Board, he is expected to renew his request for a $41 million supplemental budget to tide the system over until January...
...King's actions in the past week have further antagonized the board, which precipitated the crunch by denying the MBTA's request for more money unless the authority's management was reorganized...
Since the board attributes the MBTA's persistent financial troubles to wasteful emplyment practices, it was further infuriated when King's acting secretary of transportation, Barry M. Locke, announced that he will hire 250 new employees...