Comments on: Radulovich Becomes Second BART Director to Call for GM’s Resignation http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/26/radulovich-becomes-second-bart-director-to-call-for-gms-resignation/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin Eichenlaub http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/26/radulovich-becomes-second-bart-director-to-call-for-gms-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 Justin Eichenlaub Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:56:44 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1386#comment-3370 Irrelevant to this particular debate...but... Dororthy Dugger drives to work. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/24/BANPRO5SM.DTL Irrelevant to this particular debate…but…

Dororthy Dugger drives to work.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/24/BANPRO5SM.DTL

]]> By: sfmike http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/26/radulovich-becomes-second-bart-director-to-call-for-gms-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 sfmike Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:15:10 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1386#comment-3361 Go, Tom, go. As a friend who has worked for BART for a number of decades once told me, "The basic management style of BART is suburban fascist." This shooting and its digital capture by so many citizens has unfortunately revealed that semi-joke to be all too true. It's also why there are no BART trains at night for working people. The suburban management are afraid the undesirables from the cities are going to come and murder them in the night, which is absurd. Go, Tom, go. As a friend who has worked for BART for a number of decades once told me, “The basic management style of BART is suburban fascist.” This shooting and its digital capture by so many citizens has unfortunately revealed that semi-joke to be all too true. It’s also why there are no BART trains at night for working people. The suburban management are afraid the undesirables from the cities are going to come and murder them in the night, which is absurd.

]]> By: California Beat http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/26/radulovich-becomes-second-bart-director-to-call-for-gms-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-3360 California Beat Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:46:30 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1386#comment-3360 While Dugger is far from being the voice of reason in this whole BART shooting/ beating debacle, shouldn't we see the Police Chief, Gary Gee gone first? Public trust for the transit agency, specifically BART Police, has been decimated, and we're left feeling that their series of long-winded apologies and reassurances to the public was a PR stunt that just went belly-up with the release of the second damning piece of home video last week. Our editorial here: http://californiabeat.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/can-the-public-trust-the-bart-police-department/ While Dugger is far from being the voice of reason in this whole BART shooting/ beating debacle, shouldn’t we see the Police Chief, Gary Gee gone first? Public trust for the transit agency, specifically BART Police, has been decimated, and we’re left feeling that their series of long-winded apologies and reassurances to the public was a PR stunt that just went belly-up with the release of the second damning piece of home video last week.

Our editorial here: http://californiabeat.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/can-the-public-trust-the-bart-police-department/

]]> By: Josh http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/01/26/radulovich-becomes-second-bart-director-to-call-for-gms-resignation/comment-page-1/#comment-3352 Josh Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:11:39 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=1386#comment-3352 I'm not terribly familiar with Ms Dugger's alleged professional deficiencies, but I trust Mr Radulovich's immensely It's worth noting that the BART GM isn't elected by the people, but appointed by vote of the BART board (which is elected). I've thought for some time now that BART's governing structure is set up poorly, with the result being disproportionate focus on exurban areas and lack of accountability. I wonder if having a GM elected by vote of all people in the BART counties, or by the BART board with each director's voting strength proportional to the number of constituents in his or her own BART district might remove some of the insulation from the position. I’m not terribly familiar with Ms Dugger’s alleged professional deficiencies, but I trust Mr Radulovich’s immensely

It’s worth noting that the BART GM isn’t elected by the people, but appointed by vote of the BART board (which is elected). I’ve thought for some time now that BART’s governing structure is set up poorly, with the result being disproportionate focus on exurban areas and lack of accountability.

I wonder if having a GM elected by vote of all people in the BART counties, or by the BART board with each director’s voting strength proportional to the number of constituents in his or her own BART district might remove some of the insulation from the position.

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