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unhappycamper

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Sat Aug 1, 2015, 05:40 AM Aug 2015

Obama picks MBTA's Bev Scott for US transportation post

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The former MBTA General Manager was among White House appointees this week. Scott resigned her Mass. role in February.

Obama picks MBTA's Bev Scott for US transportation post
July 30

President Barack Obama has hand-selected the former head of the MBTA, who resigned this year as the record-setting winter walloped the state, as a nominee for a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board.

MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott was among those nominated to federal posts, according to the White House announced.

Scott, the first woman and second African-American to head the T, served in the state for more than two years. She announced her resignation abruptly in February as frustration mounted with late and cancelled trains and other of the city’s snow-related snafus.

Frank DePaola took over the gig in an interim capacity in April.
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Obama picks MBTA's Bev Scott for US transportation post (Original Post) unhappycamper Aug 2015 OP
And she left MARTA (Atlanta) under a cloud and went to Boston. CurtEastPoint Aug 2015 #1
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