tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post3339083292911964727..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Why the Catoe Watch continuesDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-15407751161292221232009-09-25T08:57:13.691-04:002009-09-25T08:57:13.691-04:00I agree with the first part, but it's near imp...I agree with the first part, but it's near impossible to easily change the board. Perhaps the FBI will help us and at least we'll get a new DC member and Board Chair, but we'll see.<br /><br />As far as the second part, I'm not so sure. The general manager of the organization shouldn't really be focused on the nitty-gritty of the rail and bus systems. He needs to manage the entire organization, from the political aspects (funding) to communications, to labor relations and also rail and bus operations. A GM who has experience with managing complex organizations would create an organizational structure within Metro that would allow the people with the proper expertise to manage their departments.<br /><br />Just because Catoe was an executive in another transit organization doesn't mean he knows exactly how a Wee-Z-Bond works, or how aural interference can lead to phantom clear blocks of track. He doesn't need to know that. He needs to know how to get the person who DOES know that to have the ability and means to repair those problems.Dave Strouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-42229956747658014212009-09-25T08:49:29.051-04:002009-09-25T08:49:29.051-04:00you'd need to replace metro's board of dir...you'd need to replace metro's board of directors to bring about the "organizational and institutional reform" that you want. Replacing the GM wouldn't bring about the change that you want even if there were more qualified candidates out there, which there aren't. A metro GM should be focusing on operational matters anyway, so no we should absolutely not "Find someone who is good with reforming organizations, even if they have little or no experience with transit." besides, how is a reformer supposed to know how a mass transit agency should run if that reformer has no experience working in mass transit?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036407299554587894noreply@blogger.com