Comments on: Vance Smith likely to be named next DOT commissioner http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/06/vance-smith-likely-to-be-named-next-dot-commissioner/ Maria Saporta is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Saporta: Vance Smith most likely next DOT commissioner | Fresh Loaf http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/06/vance-smith-likely-to-be-named-next-dot-commissioner/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Saporta: Vance Smith most likely next DOT commissioner | Fresh Loaf Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:04:28 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-765 [...] blogger Maria Saporta reports state Rep. Vance Smith, R-Pine Mountain, seems to be the most likely candidate to be named the next [...] [...] blogger Maria Saporta reports state Rep. Vance Smith, R-Pine Mountain, seems to be the most likely candidate to be named the next [...]

]]> By: mariasaporta http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/06/vance-smith-likely-to-be-named-next-dot-commissioner/comment-page-1/#comment-764 mariasaporta Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:23:12 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=1011#comment-764 Readers, Just got an email response from Dick Anderson about whether he had decided to not apply for the DOT job. He told me I could share his response with all of you. Maria Yes, that's correct. You can say that "I did talk to the search committee and Bill Kulhke about the job, but it became clear that the GDOT board was not together on whether they believed the GDOT challenges were business performance or political in nature which caused them to look for significantly different skill sets in a leader." So I elected not to pursue the commissioner's position, but rather will plan to assist the Governor in ensuring that IT3 is implemented through the new planning responsibilities in SB200. Dick Anderson, executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Readers,
Just got an email response from Dick Anderson about whether he had decided to not apply for the DOT job. He told me I could share his response with all of you.
Maria

Yes, that’s correct. You can say that “I did talk to the search committee and Bill Kulhke about the job, but it became clear that the GDOT board was not together on whether they believed the GDOT challenges were business performance or political in nature which caused them to look for significantly different skill sets in a leader.” So I elected not to pursue the commissioner’s position, but rather will plan to assist the Governor in ensuring that IT3 is implemented through the new planning responsibilities in SB200.
Dick Anderson, executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

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