However, the former IT manager, Jonathan Katz, abused his managerial position and highly privileged account at a mobile telecommunications store to overcome security measures and perform unauthorized number ports.
As someone who worked in mobile phone sales: there are tons of people making 30k/yr that have the same "highly privileged account" this guy did. He seems to be on the IT side which would make it easier to track. Retail employees do this all the time and usually for less money. People come in with a fake ID and someone's social and they walk out with a new phone activated with their phone number. An example is being made out of him, but I guarantee this issue is more systemic
If someone is willing to potentially trade their employment for $5k, the pay is probably low and the turnover is high. Aiding in identity theft is wrong, but five years in prison seems overkill
God damnit I hate it. There is so much research and so many model case studies of cities with public transportation they could draw influence from. The current double decker I-35 design is one of the worst I've ever experienced, but it's because it was designed in the 60s so I can't fault the engineers much. If there were 30% less traffic a lot of the issues would be fixed with infra upgrades imo
The city passed Project Connect, a light rail and public transportation project. It's estimated to be $7.1 billion but was scaled down because of "increased building costs" and this I-35 expansion project is $7.7 billion. If you look at the map for Project Connect, it's a little underserved especially in the higher density parts of the city. At least they didn't run one in westlake lol
Imagine what they could have done with this with $15 billion
It almost makes me wish I lived there 15 years from now, but luckily the fascists will take over by then and funnel all the public money to the oligarchs so we don't have to worry about it :)