SAFEwalk Under Pressure

There's been quite a bit of talk recently about the SAFEwalk employees leaving over poor management. It's funny how the problems echo the Union's problems not too long ago. It could all boil down to the simple problem of not enough money in the budget for the campus, but I think that we're seeing the culmination of management issues long in development.

The thing that sparked my mind is the mention of the Transportation Services. In the past they have forced ASM to agree to the city bus systems request for more money even though the price had already made a (semi)-long-term deal. Also, pre ASM Blog, the Campus Transporation Committee had trouble getting any more than demands from Transportation Services. If I remember correctly, a request for the budget by the board was met with a discussion with one of the campus' administrators telling them to just approve the budget. The administrator (I cannot remember who), was surprised that they weren't even presented with it of course. Jo Matzner was the student normally reporting to the Shared Governance body. Sorry for the lack of details, I don't normally take that detailed of notes during the SG meetings.

It's about time the management practices of Transportation Services get reviewed and the committee in charge of it is given more power to make things better.