FRANK “PROCUREMENT DISASTER” WILSON has finally been forced out at METRO (whatever the departure is being called), according to the Chronicle. As reported previously, former city controller George Greanias will take the job on an
METRO put out a press release yesterday announcing that outgoing chairman David Wolff “has asked UHY Advisors… to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that public funds were misused at METRO because of an inappropriate
MAYOR ANNISE PARKER has vowed to shake up METRO’s leadership team, but KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt reports tonight that firing Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson could be costly: If his contract is terminated before 2012 and the
In the never-ending quest to pad ridership numbers, METRO’s expensive blogger posted this statistic the other day: METRO carries some 108 million riders every year. That caused a reader to whip out his calculator: 108
METRO’s very expensive blogger posts an excerpt from a trade magazine interview with Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson, where METRO’s CEO says: “Before there was a rail line on Main Street, Houston didn’t understand what rail
KPRC-2 has a story posted about how METRO’s “Three Strikes, You’re Out” rule for bus drivers is just more hot air from the transit agency that could power its own wind farm: Motorists reported some
As he was speaking to the Asian Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce last week, Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson tried to encourage Asian business owners to get some of the
After we learned last week that the cost of METRO’s proposed new light rail lines rose astronomically, the Chron’s Rad Sallee asked METRO’s President Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson for his reaction. In essence, Frank says,
Last night on KTRK-13, Wayne Dolcefino took a look at what it cost to make those goofy videos on Metro’s website: Just how much of your money is METRO spending to convince you to ride
Here’s Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson yesterday, explaining why he delayed putting bike racks on Metro buses (via the Chronicle): He said he had postponed installing the racks until maintenance crews could bring the aging bus