The Metropolitan Transit Authority board is working toward president and chief executive officer Frank Wilson’s “amicable” departure from the agency as soon as Friday, sources said today.
A plan under discussion involves naming George Greanias, the former city controller who chaired Mayor Annise Parker’s Metro transition committees, as interim president and chief executive officer, the sources said.
Under the plans under discussion, Wilson might retain a temporary position as a consultant to Metro’s chairman, a source with knowledge of the discussions said.
As noted, there is an agenda posted for a Friday meeting, so it could happen. As Lisa Falkenberg notes, firing Wilson won’t be as expensive as originally thought, which one would assume might nudge the board in that direction now that they don’t have a for-cause reason to dump him. Whatever happens, I hope Metro can move on to the remaining issues with the FTA, and otherwise generally getting back down to the business of being a transit agency again.
I’m really looking forward to some METRO articles that are about transit…
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