Opinion: To fix Memphis mass transit, MATA board members need to get on the bus
Barry A. Ford Sr.
Barry A. Ford Sr. is a community activist, a disabled US Navy veteran, former member of the Tennessee Democratic Party State Executive Committee, and a retired business systems analyst with the Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk’s Office.
“The new MATA board reveals a glaring disconnect. With one exception, they are almost entirely corporate executives and administrators who likely do not use the system they oversee.”
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