Lynette Sweet
| Lynette Sweet | |
|---|---|
| Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board Director, District 7 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 3, 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Residence | Oakland, California, U.S.A. |
Lynette Sweet is an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, a special purpose district in the San Francisco Bay Area that operates the Bay Area Rapid Transit rail system.[1] She was defeated in her bid to replace Sophie Maxwell on the San Francisco board of supervisors.
Career [edit]
Although she is generally wary of tasers due to planned training she supports the 2011 decision to give all BART police officers tasers.[2] She is also a supporter of the MacArthur Transit Village at the station of the same name.[3] In 2005 she became vice president of BART and along with Carole Ward Allen the president they set a precedent in American history for the first transit agency ran by two black women.[4] Lietenant Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed her candidacy in 2010 for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ Friends of El Cerrito del Norte. Home. 08-06-2011.
- ^ BART may equip every officer with a Taser. Will Reisman. San Francisco Examiner. 24-05-2011.
- ^ MacArthur Transit Village project breaks ground after 17 years. Sean Maher. Oakland Tribune. 23-05-2011.
- ^ Lynette Sweet BART director. BART.gov. 2011. 08-06-2011.
- ^ Mayor Newsom Endorses BART Director Lynette Sweet for D10 Supervisor. SweetForSupervisor.com. 21-04-2010.
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