[net-gold] CITIES: TORONTO: CANADA: GOVERNMENT : TRANSPORTATION: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Throwing Webster Under the Bus
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- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:38:55 -0400 (EDT)
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CITIES: TORONTO: CANADA: GOVERNMENT :
TRANSPORTATION: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
Throwing Webster Under the Bus
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Throwing Webster Under the Bus
Making TTC head the fall guy for mayors subway plan would be a big mistake
By Adam Giambrone
Now Magazine
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=181996
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TTC Chief General Manager Gary Webster could be the most valuable civil
servant the mayor has.
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It would be crazy to get rid of him. But thats just what Rob Ford is
planning to do.
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The city would be on the hook for $1.5 million in contract and pension
liabilities. Seems like such a waste of taxpayers money, right?
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And lets be clear, this isnt about Webster refusing to implement the
mayors subway plan. In fact, hes doing the opposite. Hes followed the
commissions directive to stop work on Transit City and begin preparatory
work for the subway plan. His only crime has been to speak his mind and
provide his professional advice, and that of most of the TTC staff, on the
mayors plan.
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Subways are very expensive not only to build but also to operate. Webster
has told the mayor that the money for the Sheppard subway would be better
spent filling the $2.5 billion 10-year shortfall for basic repairs, or
building cheaper light rail that could easily carry the volume of
passengers at a fifth of the cost. If thats not frugal respect for
taxpayers, I dont know what is.
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Websters the perfect person to carry the TTC forward in these difficult
times, but the mayor wants him fired because he refuses to tell the mayor
only what the mayor wants to hear.
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As the former manager of human resources at the TTC, Webster was asked to
cut 1,600 jobs in the mid-1990s and he did not because he wanted to, I
would guess, but because he understood it was his job and it was
necessary.
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Webster has a long list of accomplishments to his credit. He was in charge
of implementing the various new electronic communications systems on the
TTC; led the recent procurement of 1,500 new buses, more than 234 new
subway cars and 204 new streetcars. Hes continued to lower the TTCs
operating costs, giving it almost the lowest cost per kilometre per
passenger carried of any large transit system on the planet. Hes widely
regarded as one of the best in the public transit business.
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Making Webster take the fall for politicians mistakes is not only wrong
but will also hurt the TTC and probably make it harder to attract the
right kind of people to public service something we should all be worried
about.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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