Report from the Banana Republic: Where Does Blame for Derailment Lie?

MTA Board should resign Immediately. But they will just blame the train operator.

Well, is it time to officially declare us a 3rd World Country with today's Metro North Derailment? Exactly how do the people in charge of running things get chosen? Political hacksville:

MTA Leadership

The MTA is governed by a 17-member Board. Members are nominated by the Governor, with four recommended by New York City's mayor and one each by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, and Putnam counties (the members representing the latter four cast one collective vote).

• MTA Board Members
• MTA Management Team
• MTA Agency Presidents
• Past MTA Board Chairs

Do you believe this crew of almost all white men?

Click on each MTA Board member's picture for a short bio. Scroll down or click here for details of appointment.

Thomas F. Prendergast Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Fernando Ferrer Vice Chairman
Andrew Albert	Jonathan A. Ballan	John H. Banks	Robert C. Bickford
James F. Blair	Norman E. Brown	Allen P. Cappelli	Ira Greenberg
Jeffrey A. Kay	Mark D. Lebow	Susan G. Metzger	Charles G. Moerdler
John J. Molloy	Mark Page	Mitchell H. Pally	David Paterson
Andrew M. Saul	James L. Sedore Jr.	Vincent Tessitore, Jr.	Ed Watt
Carl V. Wortendyke