Muni's Head Of Safety's Only Been Here A Year, Already Job Hunting

Who doesn't feel that culture of safety every time they step on to Muni these days? I'd love to know what bloated salary he's traded in Ess Eff for DC?

Really when you step back, it's how every top fat cat in our municipal government, from da Mayor on down, is operating these days: do as little as possible, and use the title to head for supposedly greener pastures without taking any responsibility whatsoever for the job (not) done. Muni just happens to have an even higher percentage of these folks than the average agency.

I love "culture of safety," it makes me think of Activia.

And here I thought that the "mantra" of "living safety" meant random, sudden stops from 40 mph "caused by a computer glitch," or perhaps random strangers enjoying a bit of frottage during rush hour, amid trash-strewn cars.

Oh, poor Metro, you will have some catching up to do, in order to "live safety."

When a recognized and decorated leader in transit safety leaves Muni after a year for a very prominent job in D.C. (just days after an attack on the Pentagon) we should be looking inward and asking what's wrong with Muni that he couldn't change the safety culture? Ad homonym attacks are a distraction: the problem is us, not him.

I don't really see how the Pentagon attack has relevance here: bad stuff can happen, and does happen, everywhere. Only he knows the reasons for why he moved. And I appreciate not scape-goating him: Muni's culture is broken, starting with Nathaniel Ford (himself a carpetbagger from Atlanta) on down. But it's not like this gentleman was out there leading the charge for comprehensive reforms that also, incidentally, helped his position and his cause. I don't consider a year to be much time invested if you're serious about the job or reform.

that's the first time I've seen "Ad homonym". love it.

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