The state auditor's office today released a report that found a nearly $102-million discrepancy over five years between the cash the MBTA actually took in through fare boxes on buses and trolleys and the amount those boxes said they were fed.

The MBTA said that simply reflects software issues, not massive amounts of theft or money rolling behind driver's seats, and the auditor's office says that's possible, but there's currently no way to know for sure:

Mike Ball reports on a forum yesterday involving state auditor candidates Suzanne Bump and Mike Lake, sponsored by the Young Democrats of Massachusetts. Glodis had originally said he'd appear, then backed out at the last minute claiming trouble at the Worcester County jail he runs, only there wasn't any trouble, just a chance to appear at a union rally he felt would get him more bang for his buck, Ball writes.