" Foxx is a lawyer who worked briefly for a hybrid bus company.."
Posted on 04/29/2013 5:34:46 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Foxx Tapped As Secretary Of Transportation
The mayor of Charlotte, NC has been tapped as the next Secretary of Transportation according to numerous media outlets who have spoken with "unnamed sources." Anthony Foxx was the host of the Democratic National Convention last year and recently announced he would not be running for re-election in Charlotte. Foxx is a lawyer who worked briefly for a hybrid bus company while sitting on Charlotte council. He became Charlotte's mayor at the age of 38 in 2009. He does not appear to have any aviation experience. Among the other potential candidates for the post was NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman.
Foxx replaces Ray LaHood, who resigned in January.
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" Foxx is a lawyer who worked briefly for a hybrid bus company.."
Who needs experience when all that matters is race?
“he does not appear to have any aviation experience”..
But he IS black. And he looks like a fattened Obama.
And he hosted the Democrat/Islamist Jummah?
Crony hack being rewarded for services rendered in Charlotte.
Well, he drove an electric car. Once.
The DNC still owes Charlotte about $30 million for the Convention. I guess it’s a fair trade for the city.
Foxx is a lawyer who worked briefly for a hybrid bus company while sitting on Charlotte council.
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That should certainly qualify him as Transportation Secretary.
"Foxx a graduate of New York University’ School of Law, worked in the civil-rights division of the Justice Department before joining the staff of the House Judiciary Committee in 1999.
Foxx, who has called Obama a close friend, would be the president’s first black nominee among the new Cabinet members appointed for the second term, and his nomination is widely seen as part of an effort to boost the number of minorities in high-level positions."
http://www.ibtimes.com/who-anthony-foxx-presumptive-nominee-us-transportation-secretary-1221713
Having experienced Charlotte rush hour traffic, I am almost laughing myself silly over this.
Top Ten Qualifications To Work For Obama:
1 - Skin color: black, brown or muddy yellow/brown
2 - Supports abortion in all forms
3 - Supports homosexual takeover of culture
4 - Opposes Christianity
5 - Supports expansion of Islam
6 - Unquestioning loyalty to democrat party
7 - Stays on plantation
8 - Strong Socialist
9 - Sees US Constitution as just more outdated restrictions to evade
10 - Believes everything should be free - except for greedy whites.
Do they even care about checklist items like “experience”, “demonstrated ability” or “capable of doing the job”?
The United States Department of Transportation:
A Brief History
The Department of Transportation (DOT) was established by an act of Congress, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 15, 1966. Its first secretary, Alan S. Boyd, took office on January 16, 1967. The department’s first official day of operation was April 1, 1967.
Mission
Collage depicting different modes of transportation
The mission of the Department of Transportation, a cabinet-level executive department of the United States government, is to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense. It is the primary agency in the federal government with the responsibility for shaping and administering policies and programs to protect and enhance the safety, adequacy, and efficiency of the transportation system and services.
The Department of Transportation consists of the Office of the Secretary and eleven individual Operating Administrations: the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Maritime Administration, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and the Surface Transportation Board. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorized the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security, which, on March 1, 2003, assumed management of the United States Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration, formerly DOT Operating Administrations.
http://ntl.bts.gov/historian/history.htm
LaHood, who announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving his post in one month’s time, made several bold predictions in an exit interview with The Huffington Post. Everyone, he argued, would own either a hybrid or a battery-powered vehicle by 2025, owing to new fuel efficiency standards;
Look, we are behind on high-speed rail,” he said. “But because of the president’s vision and because of the work of those of us here at DOT, we have come a long way ... As long as President Obama is in the White House, whoever sits in this chair will have high-speed rail as one of their top priorities.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/ray-lahood-interview-high-speed-rail_n_2576995.html
The City of Charlotte controls the Airport. Their is a major effort by the state to turn it over to a regional
authority which Foxx has been fighting. He also has been a big proponent of replacing buses with trolleys that run on tracks down the roads as a redevelopment ploy. Good luck driving around these things if they come to road near you.
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Unexpected...nobama appoints a completely unqualified Black! Who woulda thought?????
Get Jamie Foxx, then there will be two Foxxes in the henhouse/whitehouse. (sarc)
One more buffoon to add to the collection of buffoons.
Charlotte was the home of the Democratic National Convention last year and Mayor Foxx delivered a keynote address at the event. He is also known for spending money on transportation issues like light rail systems when his city has an unemployment rate of 10%, more than 2% higher than the national average. Perhaps one of Foxx’s biggest accomplishments as mayor of Charlotte (besides firmly planting his lips on Obama’s behind) was to extend the city’s light rail system all the up to the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Do you want further proof of his spending ways? In 2012, A CBS News reporter asked Foxx:
“You are a big fan of infrastructure spending?”
His reply tells it all:
“Huge, huge fan of it. I think it creates jobs right now. It also creates better mobility choices. In a community like ours that has struggled with air quality, it also provides environmental benefits.”
As Secretary of Transportation, there would be a high probability that Foxx would be throwing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to all kinds of transportation projects, especially ones like light rail systems and possibly street cars like the project Cincinnati is trying to justify while having a huge deficit budget. But have no fear, Cincinnati, here comes ‘Deep Pockets Foxx’ spreading our dollars from here, to there and everywhere.
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