Comments on: DOT Commissioner Water Cooler Chatter http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:32:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Retroman http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-29634 Retroman Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:40:51 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/#comment-29634 How can one be so sure that Joan McDonald is out of the running. She is an excellent candidate and certainly would have been an Excellent NYSDOT Commisssioner had she received more consideration. Another name that seems to have floated out of the picture is former First Deputy Commissioner Tony Fasulo. Tony actually ran the department under previous commissioners and was the best asset that Iris Weinshall had. If he was willing to come back for the remainder of the Mayor's term he would be a tremendous Commissioner How can one be so sure that Joan McDonald is out of the running. She is an excellent candidate and certainly would have been an Excellent NYSDOT Commisssioner had she received more consideration. Another name that seems to have floated out of the picture is former First Deputy Commissioner Tony Fasulo. Tony actually ran the department under previous commissioners and was the best asset that Iris Weinshall had. If he was willing to come back for the remainder of the Mayor's term he would be a tremendous Commissioner

]]> By: A. Dotmolsky http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-29511 A. Dotmolsky Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:33:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/#comment-29511 Um, let's see. Guy leaves high profile job in London where he actually accomplished something. Gets hired by the highest paying, most prestigious management consulting firm on the planet, where he will get paid, what, $300K + bonuses + huge perks minimum? Will he quit that job to take a minimum 50% pay cut in a job that offers almost no possibility of implementing anything? Sure. Why not? Rumor mongers, follow the money. The person hired for the job will either be: Someone wealthy enough to afford a couple of years of salary hit who REALLY likes the idea of accomplishing nothing and getting trashed in the Post, or Someone for whom $175K is a raise Someone who spent some time in City gov and could use a couple more years pension credit. It WON'T be: Someone with kids who gets paid a lot of money at a job he/she enjoys Someone without at least some experience relevant to all the other stuff DOT does besides traffic planning. Now look at your lists again and see if you can do better. Um, let's see. Guy leaves high profile job in London where he actually accomplished something. Gets hired by the highest paying, most prestigious management consulting firm on the planet, where he will get paid, what, $300K + bonuses + huge perks minimum? Will he quit that job to take a minimum 50% pay cut in a job that offers almost no possibility of implementing anything? Sure. Why not?

Rumor mongers, follow the money. The person hired for the job will either be:

Someone wealthy enough to afford a couple of years of salary hit who REALLY likes the idea of accomplishing nothing and getting trashed in the Post, or

Someone for whom $175K is a raise

Someone who spent some time in City gov and could use a couple more years pension credit.

It WON'T be:

Someone with kids who gets paid a lot of money at a job he/she enjoys

Someone without at least some experience relevant to all the other stuff DOT does besides traffic planning.

Now look at your lists again and see if you can do better.

]]> By: Where's Bill? http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-29473 Where's Bill? Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:41:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/#comment-29473 No updates on Bill Clinton's candidacy? This gossip service is lame. No updates on Bill Clinton's candidacy? This gossip service is lame.

]]> By: sjt http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-29455 sjt Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:29:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/02/28/dot-commissioner-water-cooler-chatter/#comment-29455 these updates are much appreciated. thank you. these updates are much appreciated.
thank you.

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