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Here is a Q & A story on Mr.Gunn.
Q&A : David L. Gunn
For the 25 million passengers who use Amtrak each year, these are uncertain times.
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This month, David L. Gunn was fired as president and chief executive officer of the national passenger railroad system after 3 1/2 years of what is broadly viewed as effective leadership.
The dismissal came as the Amtrak board appointed by President Bush took steps toward breaking off the more profitable Northeast Corridor, putting it into its own division and sharing its control and costs with the states.
Amtrak supporters - including many in Congress - warn the breakup likely would set the stage for a shutdown of the national passenger rail system. In Maryland, Amtrak owns and maintains key pieces of track used by thousands of MARC rail commuters every day.
Amtrak Chairman David M. Laney said the railroad's board believed Gunn was not moving ahead energetically with reforms.
Gunn, 68, had run commuter rail operations in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Toronto.
Do you know who made the actual decision that David Gunn had to go? Was there intervention from outside the board?
I really don't know. Personally, I think there was. You have two board members who are really not interested in the company. The chairman said on several occasions that 'I can't protect you much longer.' That tends to mean there's a person. There's no independence on this board. They're taking orders from somebody. I tried to find out but could never get to ground zero of who's pushing this.
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Q&A : David L. Gunn
For the 25 million passengers who use Amtrak each year, these are uncertain times.
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This month, David L. Gunn was fired as president and chief executive officer of the national passenger railroad system after 3 1/2 years of what is broadly viewed as effective leadership.
The dismissal came as the Amtrak board appointed by President Bush took steps toward breaking off the more profitable Northeast Corridor, putting it into its own division and sharing its control and costs with the states.
Amtrak supporters - including many in Congress - warn the breakup likely would set the stage for a shutdown of the national passenger rail system. In Maryland, Amtrak owns and maintains key pieces of track used by thousands of MARC rail commuters every day.
Amtrak Chairman David M. Laney said the railroad's board believed Gunn was not moving ahead energetically with reforms.
Gunn, 68, had run commuter rail operations in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Toronto.
Do you know who made the actual decision that David Gunn had to go? Was there intervention from outside the board?
I really don't know. Personally, I think there was. You have two board members who are really not interested in the company. The chairman said on several occasions that 'I can't protect you much longer.' That tends to mean there's a person. There's no independence on this board. They're taking orders from somebody. I tried to find out but could never get to ground zero of who's pushing this.
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