Miami Dade Transit Chief Retiring. By Geniusofdespair
After Roosevelt Bradley was fired by Mayor Alvarez, July 10, 2007 it was announced that Harpal Kapoor was appointed to the permanent position of Miami-Dade Transit Director. Well now he is gone, retired. Two down...
Good man; poor manager. When will they hire a director who can assemble a team of talented managers? Harpal was a victim of the tier of thieves and scoundrels that reported to him. He should have cleaned house and brought in new talent a long time ago.
Kapoor's problems are neither new nor unique to Transit. The inmates run the asylum. Kapoor's administration was the one paying extra so that bus drivers would come to work!
Until the county commission begins to fight the work rules in the union contracts, no mortal person will succeed.
A "good person" does not lie to cover up his incompetence. I agree with the others who suggested the crooked and incompetent transit executives who surround the director and the ridiculous union contract were difficult problems, but Kapoor had never managed an agency before and was ill-suited for the job. Good riddance. Ysela Llort was his supervisor for his entire tenure as director. She needs to be shown the door as well.
How many hundreds of thousands a year in guaranteed retirement for life and when does he start doing transit consulting work like Roosevelt Bradley at hundreds per hour?
One of the problems with transit is interference by commissioners. The transit heads are terrified that if they do not do as the commissioners want, they are toast. Commissioners all want more/better roads, more bus routes in their districts whether they are a priority or not. I know one commissioner who ordered a totally unnecessary bus route to get votes. And so the politics continue.
Interference by commissioners? That was before the strong mayor system. Now the transit director answers only to the mayor and can only be removed by the mayor. The transit director can tell a commissioner to take a hike.
Although commissioner interference is no longer an issue, interference from cronies of the mayor can be an issue. Be sure you pick a mayoral candidate that doesn't come with sleazy cronies.
Nanu - commissioners can meet with dept. heads--voters put that in the charter thanks to Joe Martinez. If you think 2 hours in front of Souto or any of the others is not going to influence them, you are sadly mistaken.
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Good man; poor manager. When will they hire a director who can assemble a team of talented managers? Harpal was a victim of the tier of thieves and scoundrels that reported to him. He should have cleaned house and brought in new talent a long time ago.
Kapoor's problems are neither new nor unique to Transit. The inmates run the asylum. Kapoor's administration was the one paying extra so that bus drivers would come to work!
Until the county commission begins to fight the work rules in the union contracts, no mortal person will succeed.
The new County Manager and the next Mayor need to clean house. County- wide over 6,000 employees need to get fired.
A "good person" does not lie to cover up his incompetence. I agree with the others who suggested the crooked and incompetent transit executives who surround the director and the ridiculous union contract were difficult problems, but Kapoor had never managed an agency before and was ill-suited for the job. Good riddance. Ysela Llort was his supervisor for his entire tenure as director. She needs to be shown the door as well.
How many hundreds of thousands a year in guaranteed retirement for life and when does he start doing transit consulting work like Roosevelt Bradley at hundreds per hour?
Good ridance and thanks for that worthless earlington heights connector.
One of the problems with transit is interference by commissioners. The transit heads are terrified that if they do not do as the commissioners want, they are toast. Commissioners all want more/better roads, more bus routes in their districts whether they are a priority or not. I know one commissioner who ordered a totally unnecessary bus route to get votes. And so the politics continue.
Interference by commissioners? That was before the strong mayor system. Now the transit director answers only to the mayor and can only be removed by the mayor. The transit director can tell a commissioner to take a hike.
Although commissioner interference is no longer an issue, interference from cronies of the mayor can be an issue. Be sure you pick a mayoral candidate that doesn't come with sleazy cronies.
Nanu - commissioners can meet with dept. heads--voters put that in the charter thanks to Joe Martinez. If you think 2 hours in front of Souto or any of the others is not going to influence them, you are sadly mistaken.
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