Marni Pyke
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Metra considering hiring Dan Webb for investigationJul 26, 2013 10:04 pm - If you can’t get Patrick Collins, try Dan Webb. That’s the course Metra leaders could chose as they try to get out from under a cloud of criticism over allegations of mi...
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Resigning Metra board director details 'gotcha game'Jul 22, 2013 5:30 am - For Mike McCoy of Aurora, the back-and-forth this spring over whether to renew former Metra CEO Alex Clifford's contract had turned into a “gotcha game” of accusations a...
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Latest spin on Metra fiasco — no CollinsJul 21, 2013 9:24 pm - It appears former assistant U.S. attorney Patrick Collins won’t be sweeping in to clean up Metra’s mess. Metra board of directors officials said Sunday the agency had ab...
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Kane County leader steps down from MetraJul 19, 2013 11:07 am - As Metra copes with allegations of conflict of interest and patronage, one of the board of directors’ independent voices is leaving. Former Kane County Board Chairman Mi...
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State Rep. Harris says Metra chairman should resign; Madigan says investigate meJul 19, 2013 10:16 am - State Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights is calling upon Metra Chairman Brad O’Halloran to resign in the face of a widening smear of corruption at the commuter rail ...
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Metra to call special sessionJul 18, 2013 6:30 pm - You know things are bad when the Metra board meets — in July. Normally, the agency’s board of directors takes a summer break between June and August, but the implosion o...
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Metra ex-CEO, chairman agree only that someone’s lyingJul 17, 2013 9:00 am - Someone’s not telling the truth was the only thing Metra leaders and their ex-CEO Alex Clifford agreed upon in contradictory testimony about conflicts of interest and po...
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Internal strife on Metra board peaks with demand for informationJul 16, 2013 4:21 pm - More turmoil is brewing at Metra with one director demanding beleaguered Chairman Brad O’Halloran stop keeping the board “in the dark” on the spiraling costs of ex-CEO A...
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Metra leaves out critical info from CEO's memoJul 16, 2013 5:15 am - Metra Chairman Brad O'Halloran says he never interfered with hiring at the agency — a statement ex-CEO Alex Clifford contradicts in an April 3 memo that accuses the chai...
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Learn all about new Ventra fares on PaceJul 15, 2013 4:59 pm - Transit riders who take Pace or the CTA can learn at a number of upcoming hearings about the new Ventra fare system, which will be instituted for all passengers in Septe...