A fortnight later, this appointment still makes no sense.
How does the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority put Karen Jaroch on its board? The same tea partying Karen Jaroch who was in the vanguard of the “No Tax For Tracks” organization that led opposition to the transit-tax referendum last November. The one that passed in the city, where it was needed most, and was soundly defeated elsewhere. The one, however imperfect, that would have separated Greater Tampa from Detroit as mass-transit peers in the race to repeal the 21st century.
A “No Tax For Tracks” advocate looking out for the area’s mass transit needs? It’s like seeing Brian Blair’s name on a fundraiser host committee for Kevin Beckner.