Lots for your weekend; Danny Gonzales gets an office? Rizzieri finally giving drivers a say; and Selinda finally getting fired?

Danny Gonzales

So, it looks like Danny picking up Annette's kid, as well as roumered other "friends of transit kids", has paid off. Danny is the assistant operations manager, an m-14 postion...yet he gets his own office. He is the ONLY m-14 that gets an office. We here at the eye think that is just unfair and a clear favoritism from his overloard Annette. Is Danny that good in the sack Annette, or is it just his babysitter duties, while on the job (Maybe management should look into this as it is very illegal and a waste of taxpayer dollars)? Let us know what you think.

Driver on the Committee

Our eyes tell us that the committee to select the new supervisor has a driver on it, put on by Bruce Rizzieri. Let me be the first to say THANK YOU Mr. Rizzieri! Finally, one of the blue collared workers gets some input. This is a democracy, and this week Mr. Rizzieri proved that. Well done sir, we thank you and hope this trend will continue.

Selinda finally getting what she deserves?!?

So we've been hearing rumours for weeks...but it looks like Selinda Guerrero (we finally got her name right!;-)), might finally be getting what she deserves after screwing SO MANY people over for many years. Our eyes tell us she is being investigated by Director Rizzieri for her year long spree of driving city vehicles while having a suspended license for driving while intoxicated. We'd guess, with the 5 or 6 kids she has (all by different father we assume), that she's carting them around in city vehicles as well. Maybe something to add to the investigation. Karma's a bitch, as they say, and it looks like it's finally coming around to slam Selinda in her big ass. About time; she's ruined too many lives to count.

Thanks for checking us out today, and have a great weekend. We'll be back on monday to update you on the comings and goings of transit's hated denizens!

Email from Jennifer

We recently received an interesting email from a "Jennifer". Is this REALLY Jennifer, or is it someone that is trying to deceitfully find out just who is operating Eye on ABQ Ride? What are your thoughts?



"Is this really Ed O'Brien?

I hope so :)

someone from Transit that I still talk to sent me the link to the blog. I'm glad you have an outlet for your frustrations, however I can't jump on the bandwagon of hurting anyone there, not even Selinda. I've cried too much over what has happened to me and others in the time that I worked there.

If this is Ed, I'd love to chat and see how your doing? I've moved and things are looking a little brighter for my husband and I. I hope you and your family are doing well also. Send me a note and let me know what's up in your world.

many blessings to you and yours,
Jennifer"

Blog in jeopordy!

SO, people...we're getting hundreds of hits a day on this thing...but no longer getting any comments. If you'd like the blog to continue, we're gonna need your help to continue making it interesting. If this post gets no comments by day's end...the blog will be no more. This is up to you, ABQ Ride workers!!!

Poll results

The poll is in, and the results are a bit surprising. Bill Slausen made a late surge to come in tied for first with Annette Paez, both getting 37%. Not surprising was Annette, we're sure Annette had as many people vote for her as possible. Connie Jones came in 2nd with 13%, and Nick Manole had a few people (maybe his man lover) vote for him with 6%. Clarence Decker came in with a not surprisingly 1 vote and 1%, and poor keith perry only finished with 0%. Apparently his ex-wives didn't vote for him. The biggest thing we take from this, is that Annette desperately wants the associate director job, and will do ANYTHING to get it, and the people, the real workers at transit want someone else, from the outside like Bill Slausen.

If anyone has ideas on future polls we'd love to hear them. You can comment here or send an email to eyeonabqride@gmail.com. Have a great start to your week and we'll let you know the latest tomorrow.

Layoffs and "management"

First off, we'd like to thank all of our readers for commenting and contributing to our new source of information at ABQ Ride. We're approaching the end of our first week up, and you've all help make it a HUGE success. (We're working on our spelling, by the way. A friend told us if we first right it in microsoft word, it will tell us most of the errors). Don't forget, if you get information and want us to right a post on it, just email us at eyeonabqride@gmail.com.

So today, we got word from our sources and eyes on the 11th floor, that layoffs and furloughs are inevitable. With a budget deficit of close to 50 million dollars possible, and our new Mayor beating marty Chavez as a "fiscal conservative", there is now just no choice. Our eyes tell us that transit, solid waste and cultural services will take the first big blows.

We all know the city has big budget issues. We hear Mayor Barry is starting to look at layoffs. Anyone who been through this process before (which seems like every other year) knows its the real workers who get cut first. Drivers and mechanics mostly.

Meanwhile people with high paying jobs that have next to nothing to do with what we are supposed to be doing like moving buses and keeping them moving don't get touched.

We suggest something different.

1. What does Marketing Manager Keith Perry do all day long? We know he's out of the atc before 5 everyday (must be nice). what does he do that's more important than keeping a few drivers and mechanics employed?

2. What about all those IT people? Have you ever tried getting them to help fix a computer? What about when we need them when you can't reach them?

3. Security. What a joke! If you were ever in real trouble would any of us call Clarence Decker?

4. We loved the comment about Danny Gonzales "picking up a lot of friends kids for school". Do we need all the road supervisors we've got? If Danny likes driving so much why don't we get him behind the wheel of a bus or a van! Then he can pick up everyones kids!

Before we screw the workers, why don't we look at the people who think they're so great but don't really do anything? (mr. rizzieri, we;re looking to you on leadership for this)

Illegal Job Assignments and Daddy Day Care?

If you're hired to be a doctor no one would expect the hospital you work in to have you go fix the toilets and do the plumber's job. Yet this is done all the time at Transit. Celinda Guerrero, our personnel office, has this as one of her favorite tricks. If she doesn't like someone they get "temporarily" transferred to clean buses, toilets or work in some area far outside there job description. The union said this would stop with Bruce Rizzieri the new director but the practice is still going on with people being transferred to jobs they weren't hired to do.

There is no question this practice is illegal andmust be stoped. Who in this department will end it and return power the employees who are supposed too be treated differently than we are?

Are last item was sent to us by an anonymous e-mail. We are told that supervisor Danny Gonzales (may or may not be her lover) picks up and takes Annette Paez's kid to school everyday. If its true that may be one of the most illegal job assignments in the department. If its true and Gonzales becomes the assistant operations manager someone could and should sue the city.

Weekly Poll

Well folks, most of us know that the search is underway for a new Associate Director, now that the wrath of Ken Cox has finally left the building forver. So now, we want to know what you think! OUr eyes at the atc tell us there are a few people who applied; Nick "questionable sexuality" Manole, Annette "someone please take care of my kid" Paez, Keith "i was in the military but i'm scared of everyone" Perry, Bill Slausen, Connie Jones, and Clarence "I'm a big oaf" Decker. Let us know who you think would be best...remember, it's ALL ANONYMOUS (if you choose it to be). Comments welcome for additions to the poll, as well. We want to know what you think!

Rizzieri OPPOSES free speech!!!

lots of us were thinking it would be ok to Director Rizzieri taking over from Greg Payne. We thought he was a nice guy who wouldn't stir the boat to much. That was until he made one of the better mechanics at Transit apologize for sending an e-mail to ABQ Ride employees about our last director. Rizzieri really screwed this mechanic by forcing him to apologize to the entire department and even payne himself.

City employees have rights and one of those is there 5th amendment right to free speech. If Rizzieri continues to act like an overloard and not a boss we can work with and respect, he should plan on us taking our complaints to Mayor Berry and the City Council.

We will not put up with another four years like the four we just had to go through!

Cast of Idiots...

Cast of Characters:

Director Bruce Rizzieri: Bruce was just appointed by the new Mayor and seems like a nice enough guy I guess. But he seems to only care about cutting budgets. Things were bad before, but now they seem to be getting worse. We realize that is important in these times to cut costs, but this guy seems to really want to gut the place and really doesn't care about the riders, drivers or blue collar workers. Seems really mediocre.

Former Director Greg Payne: This place was getting bad under Payne. He was so arrogant and always thought he was right and everyone else is wrong. He was constantly trying to screw the unions and the workers, and only seemed to really care about the few people that worked with him up in management at the ATC. Glad he's gone.

Associate Director Ken Cox: Retired...thank god! No more Ken, he was a real jerk...don't know one person that liked him.

Annette Paiz: Annette is in charge of operations. She's never at work, or when she is she's always got her kid with her. She's having an affair with Danny Gonzalez is what we hear, and has been for quite some time. She, like many that work at transit, will stab you in the back to get ahead. What a beaurocratic leech.

Keith Perry: This guy is in charge of marketing and planning, and he's a real loser. He's got like 5 ex-wives and he does whatever anyone says. Not much personality either. If we were him we'd just give up on life at this point, and it seems he already has. The guy stands around waiting for 5 oclock to hit and looks at his watch, he doesn't really do much. this guy is really just another beaureaucratic idiot.


Dennis Stump: this guy is in charge of all the facilities and really let us have it when he got power. Before Dennis, people had better hours and fun bbq's out back at Daytona. Now he's like a dictator. He gives everyone crappy hours and really is more concerned with just looking good at the ATC. Thanks for stickin' with us Dennis, we really appreciate it.

Fred Garcia: Here's another one. This guy just drives around all day acting like a big shot and sending in complaints about drivers that are total bullcrap. He's been having a affair with stephanie gonzalez for a long time too...but most people know about this.

celinda Guerrero: THis chick is the worst. She tries to screw everyone over and only get her friends hired. Btw, we've seen her out partying and she's a total slut. Also, lose some wait already and stop thinking your attractive. Your ugly and your fat. Also, our eyes tell us that Ms. Guerrero hasn't had a drivers license in about a year, due to a DWI. And now she's going to reap the whirlwind because of it...which serves her right after screwing so many employees and potential employees over, for all these years.

Randy Giron: this guy is such an eff-up. The yale facility is totally screwed up because of him, so many issues and it's mostly because this guy is such an idiot. Not to mention he regularly meets with Desiree from marketing over there, something is definitely going on with those 2, probably a sexual affair. What we here she's a idiot herself, so that makes sense.

Nick Manole: we had never seen this guy too much until lately he started coming by to put books on the buses or some other stupid thing the "marketing" department claims helps the department. this guy is really weird. we heard he is married but he's always with some guy and they act like they are boyfriends. one time one of our eyes even saw them kissing. a word of advice, go back to ATC and leave everyone a lone nick.

other issues:

union: these guys don't do anything to stand up for the workers, and that's the whole point of them! They take our dues and they don't do squat. Enough said.

salaries: we've researched it, and the private sector pays about twice what mechanics get paid. That is just not fair, and the city should do something about it. but with all the cost cutting these days because of the socalled bad economy, I guess blue collar workers will just continue to get screwed.

sleeping around: it seems most people in transit are having secret affairs, and a lot of them married. unlike the guy nick manole we mentioned, at least most of these are between a man and a woman. a lot of people who work in this department seem to think cheating on their wives and husbands with other coworkers is ok, but its pretty messed up we think.




More to come soon....

Let us know your thoughts and be sure to comment, it's ANONYMOUS!