Former MATA CEO files wrongful termination lawsuit
Bacarra Mauldin is alleging “wrongful termination, unpaid wages and tortious interference,” according to the case docket in Shelby County Chancery Court.
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Bacarra Mauldin is alleging “wrongful termination, unpaid wages and tortious interference,” according to the case docket in Shelby County Chancery Court.
MATA’s interim leader told the council all the buses are ready but only for a pared-down system and that former leadership spent more than a million dollars in federal funds it hadn’t secured. $900K for police task force could go to fix city’s potholes, blight, sidewalks Memphis librarians want a change to city charter allowing them to seek union representationRelated content:
“I can’t remember seeing a full bus,” Council member Dr. Jeff Warren said. “If we are not filling those buses up, why are we buying the big buses?”
In all, nearly one-third of MATA buses weren’t showing up where or when they were scheduled to.
City Council members said Tuesday they still need a financial accounting of how MATA spent past city funding before a new board was installed in October.
The Young administration could ask the City Council for additional money for MATA, and at least one council member does not like its current approach.
Mayor Paul Young told council members in a Tuesday, Oct. 15, committee discussion that the immediate task is to find short-term funding for MATA to avoid a set of bus route cuts and employee layoffs the old MATA board approved that take effect Nov. 3.
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