David Mack, big cog in running the MTA into the ground, actually closes a loop between MTA incompetence and State Police police stating by the likes of Danny Wiese and Bill Howard. From yesterday's NY Times:
David S. Mack has turned in his free E-ZPasses. Now the State Police want him to turn in his badge.
Even before Mr. Mack, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority vice chairman, made headlines this month by declaiming loudly (although briefly) in favor of free travel perks for the authority’s board members, he was being sought by the State Police, who had a rather unusual request.
It seems that Mr. Mack, a wealthy Long Island construction executive, is something of a police buff. So much so that in 1995, a few months after George E. Pataki became governor, Mr. Mack was made an unpaid deputy superintendent of the State Police.
The post came with a badge and gave him the right to wear a state trooper’s uniform, which he often did while attending ceremonial events like police academy graduations.
Huh?
