Newsburst: “Be Just”
Photo Courtesy of Marcel Marchon
Phil Pagano, the Chief Executive of Chicago’s rail system, Metra, committed suicide this morning when he stepped in front of one of his company’s own commuter trains.
Only one week after the start of an investigation into a $56,000 bonus he received on top of his $260,000 salary, the executive director for 20 years took his life in a manner that would make Franz Kafka’s Officer in his classic “In the Penal Colony” smirk.
Friday morning’s “emergency meeting”, in which his investigation was to be discussed, was cancelled by Metra executives shortly after his body was identified.
That old familiar feeling. Guess every body who F’s up would like to find a convenient train to jump in front of. Being the CE of the system, one needs to wonder if he did not take to heart the statement. “You always need something to fall back on”. Or forward on. Which ever one applies.
Comment by Trevin Kovahl — May 9, 2010 @ 9:34 am