Governor Hassan ceremonially signs Senate Bill 63 and Senate Bill 88 in Nashua, bipartisan bills important to the process of expanding commuter rail in New Hampshire.
Are People You Didn’t Elect Running Your Town?
It would certainly seem that way.
Smart Growth America, a non-governmental private organization is now hiring “Transportation Program Managers”.
What will these “Transportation Program Managers” do as part of their jobs?
Read the full job description here.
Among those duties would be to…
– Lead technical assistance for state DOTs, MPOs, and City and County DOTs;
– Conduct research, develop policy positions, write policy papers, and inform transportation advocacy efforts;
– Act as lead or team member for technical assistance efforts to local governments, state governments and other SGA technical assistance efforts;
– Assist on other projects where specific transportation expertise is needed;
– Manage program staff, budget, and grant deliverables;
– Help market the transportation program;
– Conduct limited fundraising; and
– Speak publicly before elected officials, transportation professionals, and the general public.
You have to ask yourself, who elected these people to come and advocate or steer our local governments into doing anything?
When you vote at your town meeting in 2016 keep in mind your master plan was not created with you in mind, but with the guidance of these unelected master planners. Scrutinize it well.