Comments on: Talkin’ Transit: Funding Galore! http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/04/talkin-transit-funding-galore/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Bridge http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/04/talkin-transit-funding-galore/comment-page-1/#comment-5369 Tom Bridge Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:15:20 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=10313#comment-5369 It does look like the Silver Line is moving forward, even if I have my doubts about it. As for Mr. Brim, the Examiner piece says, "All Metro Transit employees go through background checks when hired, Smith said. The agency will not hire candidates with felonies unless the conviction occurred more than 10 years before." Brim was hired in 2003, though, only 9 years after his 1994 PCP Possession charge. It does look like the Silver Line is moving forward, even if I have my doubts about it.

As for Mr. Brim, the Examiner piece says, “All Metro Transit employees go through background checks when hired, Smith said. The agency will not hire candidates with felonies unless the conviction occurred more than 10 years before.”

Brim was hired in 2003, though, only 9 years after his 1994 PCP Possession charge.

]]> By: TheDenverite http://www.welovedc.com/2009/03/04/talkin-transit-funding-galore/comment-page-1/#comment-5368 TheDenverite Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:13:34 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=10313#comment-5368 1) So this means the Silver Line is finally going to move forward? I mean, I want to be optimistic, but in the past three years that I've lived here I've seen several false starts and failure-to-launch situations from this already. How likely is it that this finally is going to happen? 2) How exactly did our dear Mr. Brim get a job driving a city bus with drug, prostitution, and firearm convictions on his record like that? o,O 1) So this means the Silver Line is finally going to move forward? I mean, I want to be optimistic, but in the past three years that I’ve lived here I’ve seen several false starts and failure-to-launch situations from this already. How likely is it that this finally is going to happen?

2) How exactly did our dear Mr. Brim get a job driving a city bus with drug, prostitution, and firearm convictions on his record like that? o,O

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