Massachusetts Residents Taken For a Ride on the T
That's not the kind of "reform" we need, guv.
"Senator says transportation choice should quit because of conflict" by Kyle Cheney, State House News Service | November 11, 2009
In an escalating conflict with the administration, a state senator called yesterday for one of Governor Deval Patrick’s appointees to a powerful transportation board to step down.
Janice Loux, appointed 11 days ago to the board of the new Department of Transportation - a mega-agency that oversees rail, automobile, air, road, and bridge transportation divisions - would be unable to serve the taxpayers because of her membership on the MBTA Retirement Board, said Senator Steven Baddour, Democrat of Methuen.
Among other reasons: The Boston Globe's Looky Loux
Loux, the head of a hotel workers union, was unanimously named vice chairwoman of the Transportation Department board on Monday and appointed by her fellow board members to head a “compensation and labor relations’’ subcommittee, which is helping facilitate the merger of thousands of employees from across state transportation agencies under one umbrella....
During a Transportation Committee hearing, Baddour asked Secretary Jeffrey Mullan to describe Loux’s qualifications, as well as those of the other four members of the transportation board. Mullan said Loux, who served for 12 years on the MBTA board before it was merged, has “a reputation of asking the tough questions’’ and has “a background in labor negotiations.’’
“I understand what people are saying when you say you want a fresh start, but there needs to be a balance between understanding the past and moving toward the future,’’ Mullan said....
Related: Morning T Ride on the Patrick Prevaricator
Getting Off the T
Oh, LYING and then COVERING it up, 'eh, guv?
That is why your poll numbers are in the toilet.
The handing out six-figure state salaries to favored friends didn't help either.
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Crap like this is not helping:
