SFMTA needs new leaders, says LGBT Dem club

by Matthew S. Bajko : ebar – excerpt

Leaders of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club are calling on San Francisco Mayor London Breed to replace longtime board members overseeing the city’s transit agency.

In a January 6 letter the club sent to Breed, Alice co-chairs Gina Simi and Eric Lukoff wrote that “now is the time for new leadership on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors.”

They called on those members serving for four years or longer to “step down to make room for new leadership and members who frequent Muni — and are therefore familiar with the system and would have more of a stake in the agency’s success.”

They applauded Breed for sending SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin a letter in July, shortly after taking over Room 200 at City Hall, expressing grave concerns with how the agency was being run. But they noted there has been “little follow up” since… (more)

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