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Friday, October 4, 2013

GETTING RICH OFF TRANSIT STRIFE

It's truly despicable how much money these executive types steal from the public, what a sham they got going.

Hock’s contract allows him to be paid a maximum of $399,000. He was halfway there by June 11 — almost three weeks before BART’s workers went on strike July 1 — with $198,400.12 billed to BART for 58 days’ worth of work, or an average of $3,400 per day, records show.
That tally includes his $350-per-hour consulting fee, along with a hotel room in Union Square, first-class airfare and wine at East Bay restaurants, according to records. 

Ohio transit attorney eating through BART tab for ongoing labor negotiations | Transportation | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner

1 comment:

Jason McHuff said...

Because a hotel room (or other lodging) in Oakland where BART is headquartered and the negotiations are presumably taking place just wouldn't do.

Which brings up the question of transportation between the two places. If he actually is taking BART (which can essentially be considered free), what happens if he gets the strike it sounds like he might want?

And are we sure there aren't any good lawyers actually from the Bay Area that are up to the task?

Also, there's some good comments on the article.