Comments on: Millionaries on MTA Board fight for their perks

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » Mack attacked over MTA Board perks and gives in

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:30:06 +0000

[...] started out with a ridiculous and clueless comment about the potential end of the MTA Board perks; Mack, you see, decided he, an MTA Board member [...]

By: Boris

Boris — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:34:06 +0000

I once saw the board of the company I work for, one of the larger American corporations. They came to visit our location after a merger. I think every one of the women on it had plastic surgery. But it is appropriate for a for-profit corporation to have rich people on its board, because they know something about money and help the company make more of it. But the point of the MTA, as only a few of the MTA board members understand, apparently, is not to make money, but to provide transit services. This is the problem here.

By: MikeG

MikeG — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:07:54 +0000

Wow, I read the rest of the article. Wow-

“Similarly, he said, without free E-ZPasses, some board members might use the city’s free bridges and avoid the authority’s tolled bridges and tunnels.

He said that he kept the telephone numbers of the managers of the authority’s bridges and tunnels in his car and that if he saw a problem, he called them from the road. He said he had instructed bridge managers to open an additional toll lane if there were long lines…

An inventory in May showed that Mr. Mack, 66, had six free E-ZPass tags, but he said on Wednesday that he now uses regular tags of the paid variety.”

Is this guy for real!?!? He’d use the “free” bridges instead of the “inconvenience” of forking over $4.15. Wow

Mr. Mack did not say whether he believed that former board members should be allowed to keep their passes.

By: MikeG

MikeG — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:01:27 +0000

We should all follow Mr. Mack’s advice and avoid paying for transit! Let’s all start jumping the turnstilles and holding the emergency exits for all!!!

And speaking of inconvenience, why don’t we all buy cars and instead of dealing with the “inconvenience” of using transit, clog up the roads he drives on. Let’s see how well that would work out.

This guy has no buisness being on the MTA board, or even living in New York. I’m sure there’s a perfect place for him in LA.

By: ScottE

ScottE — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:43:34 +0000

I guess it's time to update those posters plastered all over the trains and buses: Last Year 1,944New Yorkers SawSomething AndSaid Something.Apparently, TheyWasted their Time

By: brooklyn gal

brooklyn gal — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:43:00 +0000

This is appalling, but unfortunately not shocking. These freeloaders need to think about the city’s best interests, or be fired.

The shocking bit, in my opinion, is that they would outright admit how little they pay attention to the concerns of every-day riders. “If you saw something and called it in, it goes right there,” he added, as he put his foot on top of a wastebasket.” I guess I should applaud the honesty, but I can’t get past the fact he’s obviously aware of a problematic breakdown in communication that he has no intention to fix- and that doesn’t appear to bother him one bit.

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:13:01 +0000

He’s channeling Leona Helmsley.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:06:01 +0000

This is unbelievable. He should be embarrassed. But I’m pretty convinced he’s clueless and out of touch to the point that any negative publicity in this regard will bounce off him like water on teflon. Unrelated, but related, this is one of the reasons I am in favor of means testing for things such as social security benefits.