2000 MTA Board Nominees

The following are the nominees for the MTA Board confirmed by the Board of Supervisors on February 22, 2000.

Nominees (announced 1/30/00):

Shirley Breyer Black

former President, SEIU Local 790 [resume]

James Bourgart

Vice President, Parsons, Brinckerhoff [resume page 1 and page 2]

Mike Casey

President, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2 [resume]

Jose Cisneros

Parking and Traffic Commission [resume]

H. Welton Flynn

President, Public Transportation Commission [resume page 1 and page 2]

Enid Lim

Access Appeals Commission; Chinatown TRIP; Friends of On Lok
[resume pages 1, 2, 3]

Cleopatra Vaughns

former President, Convention and Visitors' Bureau; board of directors, NANBPWC [resume pages 1, 2, 3]

Votes by Board of Supervisors (1/30/00):

nominee/
supervisor

Black

Bourgart

Casey

Cisneros

Flynn

Lim

Vaughns

Kaufman
motion*

comments
Ammiano

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Rescue Muni member; endorsed 1998
Becerril

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Bierman

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Brown

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Katz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

absent
Kaufman

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Leno

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Rescue Muni member
Newsom

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Rescue Muni member; endorsed 1998
Teng

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Yaki

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 
Yee

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

Y

N

 
totals

9-1

8-2

9-1

8-2

7-3

9-1

9-1

6-4



* Supervisor Barbara Kaufman introduced a motion to consider all nominees together,
which Rescue Muni opposed (and had no effect under Board rules).

Rescue Muni opposed this list, despite its co-sponsorship of last fall's Proposition E.
Read our press releases (#1 and #2) to understand why.

Supervisors' vote: Contrary to Rescue Muni's recommendation, and despite at least 34 letters submitted in protest,
the Board of Supervisors voted 2/22 to approve all seven nominees.

Press: Read the Chron and Ex for a good summary of the vote, and Matier and Ross for a note on Board member Flynn.
(Note in the Chron article that Joe Blue's Adopt a Muni Committee will be circulating a
charter amendment for an elected board based on these results. Stay tuned...

Previously: The Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors
did not recommend approval of these nominees. (Ex, Chron.)
Mecklin of SF Weekly mentioned this issue (with a bit of satire).
The Guardian agreed with us (even though they opposed Prop E).
Also read recent reports in the Chron and Ex, and a letter to the Ex.
The Chron's Ken Garcia also thought this board should be bounced.

Cartoons: Read Puni from 2/16 and 2/9 for another view on the MTA Board issue.
Also the Chron's Farley has its take..

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