Governor Christie May Shake Up NJ Transit Leadership

Passaic River Rat wrote:Edit: Ms. Hakim was appointed Executive Director of the NJTP 9/10. The Comtroller's probe began in 10/10. She may be seen as a "cleaner" that will solicit the help of the Comptroller's office to "tighten the belt" at NJT.

I don't know much about the proposed replacement, but outgoing New Jersey State Comptroller Matthew Boxer worked with her in this document.

Cut the fancy cars that go with fancy bureaucrats and their families, cars filled with toys, at playgrounds, the Shore and the soccer-all on the taxpayers' dime. I thought that Christie would come out with better.

NJT needs someone like David Gunn at the top.

ThirdRail7 wrote:For what it is worth.

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NJ Transit’s executive director could be among the staffing changes being made by the Christie administration as the governor prepares to begin his second term, multiple sources familiar with the agency said. Jim Weinstein, who oversaw a rough period in NJ Transit’s history, with the cancellation of a Hudson River tunnel project and a massive storm that sunk hundreds of pieces of rail equipment under brackish water, is likely to be replaced following the Feb. 2 Super Bowl by Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, now executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the sources said. Hakim was seen going into the executive offices in Newark after the January board meeting. - See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Governo ... QMAX3.dpuf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They were setting the stage. The skids were greased.

Just merged the topic I just created about Weinstein's resignation into here.... it seemed like the two belonged together.

And with that, I just moderated myself.

Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

I suppose this wasn't entirely unexpected.


Clean sweep of NJ Transit's top brass continues

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The shakeup of NJ Transit’s upper management is becoming a clean sweep.

In the same week that Jim Weinstein’s four-year tenure as NJ Transit’s executive director officially ended, his directors of rail and bus operations, Kevin O’Connor and Joyce Gallagher, are being forced out, said sources close to the agency.

Just like that, the top boss at NJ Transit and the top officials in the rail and bus divisions of the statewide transportation agency are gone or going.

Ronnie Hakim, the former New Jersey Turnpike Authority executive director and an ally of state Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson, took over Saturday as NJ Transit executive director.

NJ Transit officials declined comment, and Simpson said O'Connor and Gallagher were still working at the agency.

But several sources said it was a matter of semantics, and the pair of high-ranking officials close to Weinstein have been told to resign because NJ Transit was "going in a different direction."

What direction is that, I wonder (and fear)?

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Thomas wrote:

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Isn't NJ Transit adequately funded already?

morris&essex4ever wrote:

Thomas wrote:

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Isn't NJ Transit adequately funded already?

good one

morris&essex4ever wrote:

Thomas wrote:

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Isn't NJ Transit adequately funded already?

Noooooo. There's always more that could be done. There's bills to pay, Cutoffs to reactivate, etc., etc., etc.

lirr42 wrote:

morris&essex4ever wrote:

Thomas wrote:

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Isn't NJ Transit adequately funded already?

Noooooo. There's always more that could be done. There's bills to pay, Cutoffs to reactivate, etc., etc., etc.

that's what I meant.

morris&essex4ever wrote:NJT needs someone like David Gunn at the top.

If anything, he should take over Kevin O' Conner's spot, but I think he is retired on the west coast, so that probably has about the same chance as pigs learning to fly!!

lirr42 wrote:

morris&essex4ever wrote:

Thomas wrote:

CLamb wrote:Ms. Hakim has a law degree and a degree in Political Science. Not much preparation for running a transit system but a good one for gaming a political system. I'm hoping I'll be pleasantly surprised by her performance.

Will she be able to get more funding for NJ Transit?

Isn't NJ Transit adequately funded already?

Noooooo. There's always more that could be done. There's bills to pay, Cutoffs to reactivate, etc., etc., etc.

You forgot MLV brake inspections.

I'm seeing more and more ugly ads plastered over the NJT passenger cars.
Will this keep the fares from going up? Of course not.
The real solution for New Jerseyans is they get a G.R.I.P
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