Mismanagement

Would Joseph Lhota admit what every New Yorker knows which is that there is over crowding and the wait time is longer due to poor management. Maybe he may pledge now to look at the white collar who have driven this state agency in the financial mess it is in. Maybe Joseph Lhota would accept what every New Yorker knows which is that the mismanagement at the MTA was done by the white collar. Monies were spent into bureaucracy and administration. In addition no monies were channelled into the operational side that benefits New Yorkers. That is why you have an unwarranted ratio of white collar versus blue collar - why isn’t there any reform to that ratio.

We ask Joseph Lhota to talk to New Yorkers who use this state agency services. New Yorkers know that when they rely on their transportation to move around their city that there is something wrong that was created by the white collar. When New Yorkers know they are getting a raw deal doesn't that indicate that it is a damming indictment of his leadership and his policies. Overall service in which most is done is of poor quality due to overcrowding. There is a need for a sound basis for change to alleviate overcrowding. There is no question that the transportation services provided by the MTA is in great difficulty due to the service cuts that were implemented in 2010.

Maybe Joseph Lhota should imitate the policies of NYC Department of Education which is doing more per pupil, is spending more per pupil, there are more teachers than white collar, teachers pay is great. However when you compare MTA policies you realize how the white collar are satisfied with providing poor management. What reforms has Joseph Lhota implemented to reduce overcrowding or wait time. What reforms has he implemented to raise the morale of the blue collar employees, old equipment that is crumbling, stations that are falling apart - he has done nothing, the subway is full of rats with communicable diseases.

Yes there will always be things to get done however he will claim the transportation service is in far better shape than ever before, however we beg to differ. Will Joseph Lhota guarantee an increase in service to New Yorkers - one wonders is he genuinely concerned in enhancing the services to New Yorkers? Whether the white collar incompetence would be addressed - one wonders. Do not expect anything from Joseph Lhota against the white collar when they shortchange New Yorkers. On the real estate side they give away property and leases for less than what they are worth - who approves that? It is the white collar that does which is a clear case of poor management and that is not a surprise of the century.

Maybe those erratic, dysfunctional, poor management and mismanagement are considered routine as usual by Joseph Lhota who does not warrant or hold those white collar to sanctions - we wonder why. Maybe they are considered as successes in his view. It reminds us of former President George W. Bush’s praise of Michael Brown FEMA, chief with ‘heckuva job’ while New Orleans was sinking under deadly Hurricane Katrina.