Baker pick to head T review resigns
Former Boston Redevelopment Authority chief Paul Barrett will no longer lead Gov. Charlie Baker's examination into the MBTA.
The Boston Globe reported Saturday that Barrett resigned Friday after the paper questioned him about $200,000 in unpaid federal income taxes.
Barrett told the paper he regretted disclosing to Baker his tax payment difficulties stemming from a failed Cape Cod real estate deal and the purchase of a $1.8 million Cohasset home, but reportedly said "almost all of these matters were settled a while ago."
On Feb. 20, Baker tasked Barrett with leading a review of the MBTA's operations following weeks of substandard service caused by equipment failures in the face of a wave of snowstorms and cold temperatures.
“Paul Barrett has offered his resignation from the MBTA review panel and it has been accepted,” Jim Conroy, a senior advisor to the governor, said in a statement. "The governor is disappointed that these issues were not disclosed, and now looks forward to the MBTA panel continuing their important charge under new leadership."
Administration officials say Massport aviation division chief financial officer Brian McMorrow and former New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Katherine Lapp will now lead the panel.
Baker charged the panel with reporting by the end of March after conducting a performance review of the MBTA, looking at its core functions and comparing it to other transit systems to gauge its governance, financing and capital planning.
Barrett previously worked as secretary of economic development and executive director of the Rhode Island Port Authority under former Gov. Bruce Sundlun.
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