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Dorothy Dugger

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    April 28, 2011

    BART to Offer Late-Night Service

    BART still won't let you stick around for last call ​Earlier this month, we had posited this question: What could General Manager Dorothy Dugger's $1 million payout buy us? Well, BART just gave us the answer -- late-night service for six months!The Examiner reports that BART is considering the muc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    BART GM Dorothy Dugger's $1M Payout: What Could That Buy?

    BART's lost $958,000 isn't in the lost and found​Nothing is more awkward than a breakup taking place on public transportation. Except, of course, a public transportation breakup. Earlier this year, BART's board voted, behind closed doors, to dump high-priced general manager Dorothy Dugger. It turn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    BART GM Dorothy Dugger Resigns with $1M Severance Package

    Dorothy Dugger​BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger announced her resignation from the transit agency today, and will leave with close to $1 million in pay as part of a severance agreement, BART officials said.Dugger's resignation comes after BART's board of directors voted to fire her in February. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Transit Advocates Rejoice as $70M Shunted From Airport Connector to Muni, BART, Others

    Celebrate good times -- BART and Muni won the lottery!​Public transit advocates are all but dancing in the aisles of public transit following a ruling that yanked $70 million in federal funding away from the controversial Oakland Airport Connector and led to moribund local transit agencies being s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    BART Contract With Controversial Builder May Result in Loss of $800K in State Funds

    ​In a definite candidate for the ironic hall of fame, the BART board last week awarded part of a multi-million dollar contract to Nedar Bey -- who had earlier accused that very board of being "servants of the devil." Fittingly, hundreds of thousands of dollars in government money may be going stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    *You* Again? BART Vigilantes' Latest Scheme to Storm Board Meeting Fizzles.

    Goodbye vigilantism, hello public comment​Few causes have had the momentum of the outcry for justice that followed the killing of Oscar Grant. The unarmed, 22-year-old black man was shot to death by then-BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle (who is white) on a station platform on New Year's Day o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Oscar Grant Protesters Hope to Shut Down Fruitvale BART Station Next Week

    More on the wayA group of East Bay residents protesting BART officials' handling of the shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day say they plan to shut down the Fruitvale station on Thursday, March 5, during evening rush hour. The effort will mark the first organized attempt by protesters to ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Caltrain allows drinks - see seat stains for proof

    More on the wayA group of East Bay residents protesting BART officials' handling of the shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day say they plan to shut down the Fruitvale station on Thursday, March 5, during evening rush hour. The effort will mark the first organized attempt by protesters to ... More >>

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