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So Ken MacDonald is good, eh? Tell us more.
That I've seen, Mr. McDonald has been very good. He's been out to almost every service disruption in person and not just standing there but getting involved and directing. I do not work directly with or for Mr. McDonald and do not otherwise know him BUT I've seen him out there as stated, doing his job and getting others to do theirs during incidents.
You must realize that just because someone is appointed / brought in / hired, that all is not going to be good or bad. It falls back to the supervisors and their lack of being committed / involved in their job, i.e. I know on at least a few occasions, street supervisors / track supervisors, etc. are on break and refuse to leave their break until the break was over - an hour later. Goes back to what I mentioned of having good, motivated employees.
So many good and thoughtful suggestions for fixing a bureaucracy I hardly ever see when doing my daily Muni rides.
Thanks. If "they" ever find out, they'll spend hundreds of thousands and years to research the "basics" of service before implementation. Common sense does not work in SF for some unknown reason.
The Muni reform measure on the ballot this November will increase Muni's funding by $26 million+ *and* allow them to hire more middle managers as exempt employees, making it easier to hold them accountable. I don't know who the "Muni security guy" is, but his recommendations seem right based on what I'm learning in the transit effectiveness project presentations, and will be addressed to a large degree by the November ballot measure.
This is part of it. The other bigger part of it is for MUNI to hold their non-exempt employees to some sort of standard. This is SORELY missing at this point and has been missing for years.
Example: The "wildcat strike" of cable car conductors / gripmen after catching two of them stealing money (not issuing a receipt and straight up pocketing the money). They were brought up on internal charges and up for termination. This was both their second or third times being caught. The two were allowed to resign instead of being terminated, as they should have. SO, taxpayers of SF, yes - you are paying into their retirement they are collecting NOW.....
Another example: Two employees are caught forging legal documents, outright forgery and they lie about it, i.e., no we didn't forge or lie. They were up for termination. The employee's "fought it" and through the upper management mediation, One received a twenty (20) day suspension, the other (and the main forger), received ten (10) days suspension, because this second person was a "shop steward" and wanted extra consideration.
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Common sense does not work in SF for some unknown reason.
Very true, please refer back to the dog discussion. Clever how you never aknowledged this is a growing concern among muni riders.
Hey, just who is that strickingly handsome Asian seargant with the Errol Flynn mustache?? One day several weeks ago, as my train stopped at Civic Center, his steely eyes connected with mine and my toes curled. I wanted to approach him, but he was surrounded by an army of Muni police. He was so commanding!
I got the number of Muni security and called hoping he would answer. Unfortunately, some guy, I think named Ogiggly, answered. I couldn't understand a thing he said.
How can I get in touch with the dreamy Sgt. "Flynn"? And is he authorized to use his handcuffs off-duty?