Reply #2: Yeah, they should listen to her [View All]

[TayTay]

After all, she was in charge of Mass Port and therefore security at Logan Airport on, oh, Sept. 11th, 2001. I think Jews and everyone else should take her opinion into extra special consideration when she talks about terrorism and who can and who cannot keep you safe.

Some people really are shameless.

AT THE STATEHOUSE - Massport official to get $175,000 severance pay
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL BULLETIN (RI), p 08 10-31-2001


Massachusetts Port Authority Executive Director Virginia Buckingham, whose resignation takes effect Nov. 15, will receive a severance package worth at least $175,000, according to a Massport spokesman.

Buckingham, who announced she was leaving Oct. 25, will receive nine months' severance pay totaling $112,500 and a two-year consulting contract worth $62,500. She earned $150,000 a year as executive director.

James Borghesani, a spokesman for Governor Swift, said the governor was made aware of the package last Thursday, the day Buckingham announced her resignation.

Borghesani said Swift had no comment on the agreement.

Massport is the agency that oversees Logan Airport, the origin of the two hijacked flights that brought down the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, killing thousands.

Massport's director of security Joseph Lawless and Buckingham were the subject of criticism following the attacks, particularly after security lapses were reported once Logan reopened. The agency has long been criticized as a patronage haven.

Yeah, she should talk about the war on terror. Let's put her up front and center, and maybe throw in a discussion of how to get incompetent people out of government while we are at it. Maybe we could even put her in charge of consultant contracts; she could be in charge of getting the pork out of severance packages and stuff.