Wednesday, December 3, 2008
News MARTA GM Bev Scott not joining Obama's team
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Rumors are like carnivorous pigeons — it's best to shoot 'em down before they cause trouble. (ba dum bum)
There's been talk in some circles that Bev Scott, CEO and General Manager of MARTA, would was leaving the transit agency to take a position with Pres.-elect Barack Obama's administration. Scott, a 30-year transit veteran, joined MARTA late last year and was a sought-after talent — so much so that the agency's board paid $455,609 to former GM Richard McCrillis to step down early. In October, she was elected chair of the American Public Transportation Association.
Last night at 8:30 p.m., Scott — who was still at work — returned a call I placed to ask her about the rumors. She left this voicemail:
Hi, Thomas, Bev Scott of MARTA, here. I’m not interviewing for a position in the Obama administration. I don’t want to suggest — I have had several people that have contacted me, I’m not trying to suggest it was Pres.-elect Obama (laughs) — but they’ve talked to me [to see] if I had an interest in being considered for something.You got me here in Atlanta (laughs). I said this was my last system and I’m gonna give it everything I can. I love the region and the people. We got a lot of challenges in front of us. I’m not getting it started and not seeing it through. Thank you very much for the call. Not doing any interviewing for anything. OK, take care, sir. Bye bye.
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the MARTA board paid almost half a million taxpayer dollars for the previous director to step down early so that mrs scott could take the position? sounds like a bad joke. can we get some names, please? who was on the board at the time and how did they vote on this matter, among others?
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