Friday, April 07, 2006
Good Riddance Gonzo
One down... 11 to go.
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For me it's not about who should be mayor, but who should be running VTA. If you remember, the Santa Clara County Grand Jury blasted VTA's board as incompetent and recommended disbanding it entirely and replacing it with an elected board of five to seven members.
The current structure of the board insulates its members from accountability and favors the local agenda of San Jose over any other municipality covered by the agency. In my view this makes VTA little more than a political arm of San Jose's mayor, who appoints five of its members.
My post was a reference to that Grand Jury recommendation to disband the VTA board. It was not about ousting Ron Gonzalez from his office as mayor. As for who should be running San Jose, that should be up to its voters. I only ask that VTA's board be chosen in the same fashion.
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The current structure of the board insulates its members from accountability and favors the local agenda of San Jose over any other municipality covered by the agency. In my view this makes VTA little more than a political arm of San Jose's mayor, who appoints five of its members.
My post was a reference to that Grand Jury recommendation to disband the VTA board. It was not about ousting Ron Gonzalez from his office as mayor. As for who should be running San Jose, that should be up to its voters. I only ask that VTA's board be chosen in the same fashion.
