Dallas交通局董事会力挺新任 CEO Nathaniel Ford：佛州支出调查进行中，10月26日如期上任
位于德克萨斯州达拉斯县的 Dallas 市，Dallas 地区捷运局（DART）领导层本周一在市议会交通委员会会议上表示，董事会对即将上任的首席执行官 Nathaniel Ford 保持信心。Ford 定于10月26日正式接任，他此前执掌的 Jacksonville 交通局正接受佛罗里达州方面的支出调查，但 Ford 本人未被指控任何罪名。
DART 代理首席执行官 David Leninger 与董事会主席 Randall Bryant 在会上接受议员问询。Bryant 表示，董事会在作出任命决定时已考虑当时掌握的信息，并继续支持 Ford：「我们已确认 Nat Ford 是我们的 CEO，并将继续这样做。」他还表示，不希望在这次会议上「与佛罗里达州总检察长展开争论」。Ford 于今年7月被任命为 DART 下任首席执行官。
佛罗里达州总检察长10月初对 Jacksonville 交通局（JTA）展开刑事调查，该局面临约4000万美元预算缺口，已削减线路与人员。调查涉及 Ford 任内支出，包括按摩费用、壁画、酒店住宿以及该局的学费报销政策是否涉及税法问题。已发出的传票要求提供2023年10月至2025年3月期间涉及 Ford、其妻子及顾问 Kenston Griffin 的通讯记录，以及 JTA 与 Ford 妻子的合同、年薪超过15万美元员工的薪资信息和部分差旅费用记录。（据 The Dallas Focal 报道整理）
DART Board Stands by Incoming CEO Nathaniel Ford as Florida Spending Probe Proceeds: Ford to Start October 26
Leaders of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, told City Council members at a Transportation Committee meeting on Monday that the board remains confident in incoming CEO Nathaniel Ford, who is due to take over the transit agency on October 26. Florida investigators are examining spending at the Jacksonville transit authority Ford previously led, but Ford has not been charged with a crime.
DART interim CEO David Leninger and board Chair Randall Bryant faced questions at the meeting. Bryant said the board had considered the information available when it made the hiring decision and continues to support Ford. "We have affirmed Nat Ford as our CEO, and we continue to do that," Bryant said, adding that he did not want to use the meeting to "get into a battle with the attorney general of Florida." Ford was named DART's next CEO in July.
Florida's attorney general opened a criminal investigation in early October into the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), which faces a $40 million budget shortfall and has made route and staffing cuts. The investigation concerns spending during Ford's leadership, including massage expenses, murals, hotel stays and JTA's tuition-reimbursement policy, which investigators are examining for potential tax-code violations. Subpoenas seek communications involving Ford, his wife and consultant Kenston Griffin from October 2023 through March 2025, along with contracts between JTA and Ford's wife, salary information for employees earning more than $150,000, and records of certain travel expenses. (Compiled from The Dallas Focal)
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