Paterson considering Shaw for MTA post

It was just yesterday afternoon when I wrote how the Senate Democrats will probably not approve Marc Shaw as the head of the MTA. So how does Gov. David Paterson respond to this political threat? By intimating that he is considering Shaw. According to Politicker NY’s Jimmy Vielkind, Shaw is on the short list of potential candidates to head the the post-Sander/Hemmerdinger MTA. I’d rather see someone else — say, Richard Ravtich — and the Democrats in the Senate would too. According to Elizabeth Benjamin, Tim O’Toole, the one-time director of the London Underground, and Nathaniel Ford, the CEO and executive director of the San Francisco MTA arealso on the short list. If Paterson wants another fight over the direction of the MTA, he’ll get it if he goes with Shaw.