A new leader?
We've never been a big fan of Councilman Ed Ford's work on light rail. It's not like it was a bad record, it just wasn't lighting any fires. Today, Mayor Funkhouser replaced Ford as chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee with Councilman Russ Johnson.
To us, this is less about Ford's demotion than it is about Johnson's move into the spotlight. Although a bit cocky sometimes, his targeted questioning during committee meetings shows he has an eye for detail and complex, current issues.
So let the pundits wonder about Funkhouser's motives (a botched smoking ban, the Cauthen dust-up, too much focus on the starter line, Ford's own wish to be mayor), but we think it was a wise choice and even wiser to wait until after the bus tax passed.
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Ed didn’t get far with the Light Rail Committee,in fact it broke up and had to get new members because the committee was going in circles. Once the fact came out the time frame for a bus over Light Rail was about the same,and then have all the extra cost it was all over.