| Lynn Flint-Shaw New DART Chair |
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| by Rufus Shaw | Wed, Oct 24, 2007, 12:19 PM |
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Last night, the DART board elected Lynn Flint Shaw as the first African-American female to head the billion dollar, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Agency (DART). DART is the largest transportation agency in
Ms. Shaw who is nationally known as a transit oriented development (TOD) expert said, “I was so proud and impressed by the way the African-American business community asserted itself in this process. And I am humbled by the efforts of Mayor Leppert, the City Council members, and the DART board members who all worked so hard to get me elected. I am ready to go to work.” Lynn Flint Shaw is the wife of Dallas Blog columnist Rufus Shaw.
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written by Branden Helms , October 24, 2007 Honestly, I could care less about skin color, and more about qualifications.
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written by john k. , October 24, 2007 Excellent choice. She will do well. She always has. She choose to marry Rufus.
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written by Phil Ritter, Dallas , October 25, 2007 Lynn has excelled in every civic endeavor that she has chosen to undertake. She has a deep network of relationships throughout the region with business, political and community leaders. Her leadership will serve DART well as it executes its vital mission of regional mass transit.
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written by Jonathan Green , October 25, 2007 Congratulations Rufus, from I have watched you from Pearl C Anderson to Lincoln High School, while as youngster at Charles Rice I recall how I use to run up and down Exline Park not imatating Bob Hayes, but the speed of Rufus Shaw. What I am saying is you have always represented with class and intellect. Therefore, this is fitting for your better half. So this blessing for your wife is just "pressed down shaken together and running over"! Good measure meted with good measure. Now for the haters, they will catch that on the later!
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written by Carol Reed , October 25, 2007 Rufus, You sure did marry well. Lynn will do a great job as chairman. She is honest, capable and will make a no-nonsense leader. It is also nice to see positive comments about something on the blog.
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written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , October 26, 2007 I am sure happy for DART and this region.Lynn will serve well.I supported her from the beginning because of her ability to disagree and remain civil, her understanding of issues and the big picture and at the same time serving people who need her help the most. You Go Girl! With women like Lynn Shaw older women like me can sit back go fishing knowing everything is working well.
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written by Pappa 1 , October 26, 2007 As for Darren Reagan, well, we detail his sketchy past in our feature story, but Dallas Blog’s Rufus Shaw, an old adversary of his, puts it more memorably than we ever could: "Reagan is the type of individual where, if his ass is on the line, he’s going to flip and turn the table on whoever he needs to.”
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written by El Rey , October 26, 2007 I have dealt with Mrs. Shaw on the regional level and her expertise is phenomenal. She will make a great leader at DART! Write comment
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The major political story, however, was the unprecedented effort by Mayor Tom Leppert to lobby the DART board members for Ms. Shaw. Mayor Leppert was joined in his lobbying efforts by fellow City Council members Ron Natinsky, Jerry Allen, and Sheffey Kadane, who all tirelessly worked to get out the vote for Lynn Flint-Shaw.
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