New executive director search

Here's an article from NorthJersey.com.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/former- ... -1.1538357" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's another article on Mr. Crosbie.
http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/pas ... ansit.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On can be hopeful this will help things at NJT Rail but if the Governor and the Legislature give him a $20 budget, I don't care if he's superman, things will not go well.

Mr.Crosbie declined the job.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/nj-transit- ... 1461200401" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Smart man! I do not know why he considered it in first place. The excuse is completely lame and clearly a cover up for a better reason which he cannot say out loud -- NJTransit is in deep budget trouble. Why would he want to preside over what is going to be service cuts, increases in breakdowns, an eventual fare increase, increasingly unhappy commuters, and in general be a punchboy for both the Governor and the state politicians who cannot figure out how to fund NJTransit and highway construction? One needs to be crazy to agree to do that. Or maybe not have any other career options, but anyone who is looking for a career beyond a short stint at NJTransit will pass on this "opportunity" to be the local punchboy.

It calls to mind a comment made in the past about other properties: "They need to find somebody who's smart enough to do the job and dumb enough to take it."

This is pathetic and funny in a sad way. And this development really worries me personally since I use BC line to get to work every day. And so far, the service has been mostly been acceptable, not much worse than MTA subways I used to take. The Fat Moron AKA the Governor of this state really needs to be impeached and removed from office for neglecting mass transit and robbing it of needed funds.

Is there any reason, other than politics, not to give Dennis J. Martin the job permanently?

I'd say it's because he's not qualified but well, you know

Here's an article from Railway Age that says that Mr. Crosbie wasn't offered enough, and wasn't offered job security for five years. http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/pas ... channel=55" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It strikes me as odd that he left Amtrak because his job was eliminated. You'd think that they would have given him another job. However, with his experience, I think that Transit is the looser in this case.

Makes sense than "the kids don't want to move" reason they gave initially.

In light of the recent bus crash and today's wreck at Hoboken,the lack of executive director,and lack of leadership in general
at NJT might finally come back and "bite" Gov. Christie and the rest of NJ government leaders in the near future.
No sane person will want to take the "helm" of NJT under the current conditions NJT currently operates under,
underfunded by the state,uneasy labor relations,and the lack of attempt to correct it by the current
Gov. Christie adminastration.

In addition, I don't think any sane person would want this job with a term limited Governor on his way out. I think they should resume the search next year with the successor to the Fat Moron.