Pettys: Gena Evans to get the boot?
Rumors abound GDOT board will fire state agency’s first female commissioner tomorrow.
Ain’t no better time to replace the general than in the middle of battle, right? Uh, right?
Dick Pettys of Insider Advantage reports:
A palace revolt is brewing among members of the state Board of Transportation, and sources say it is poised to try to dump Commissioner Gena Evans on Thursday.
The board has a called meeting that day to take up budget matters. If it goes into closed session, a vote to remove Evans will likely be conducted.
If she is voted out, look for the governor and likely the lieutenant governor to argue that is exactly the reason why DOT should be relegated to a maintenance agency status and a new State Transportation Authority given power over policy and funding.