New York (conservative) radio host loses DDOT post (CEO of Detroit Dept of Transportation)
Source: Detroit News
August 23, 2012 at 1:00 am
New York radio host loses DDOT post
By Christine MacDonald
The Detroit News
Detroit — Bill Nojay lives in upstate New York, where he's a conservative radio talk show host five days a week and is campaigning for a seat in the state assembly.
And for the last seven months, he's been running the Detroit Department of Transportation as its chief operating officer.
That is until Tuesday, when The Detroit News called Mayor Dave Bing's office to ask about Nojay's side jobs. Two hours after the inquiry, Bing's staff issued a statement saying Nojay was no longer working for the department.
Nojay's job-juggling has been a concern to City Council members and union officials. Bing outsourced bus management in January to a New York-based company, Parsons Brinckerhoff, on a $2 million 11-month contract, saying the troubled department needed a major overhaul. Nojay, who worked in public transportation in Rochester, N.Y., was hired by a subcontractor, TransPro.
Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120823/METRO/208230397#ixzz24LKB1cn9
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