Harpal Kapoor, head of the beleaguered Miami-Dade Transit Agency, is stepping down from his job after failing to restore millions in federal funds suspended last year after allegations of mishandling of agency accounting practices.
“Yes, it’s true,” said Suzy Trutie, Miami-Dade County’s assistant director of communications. “He is retiring from his job.”
The announcement about Kapoor came a few weeks after he refused to sign a letter to the Federal Transit Administration acknowledging that accounting information given to federal auditors about county transit operations was “neither fully accurate nor complete.”
Kapoor could not be reached for comment and did not answer a call to his cellphone.
Mr. Kapoor's resignation is a step in the right direction, but it should not stop there.
Ysela Llort, the Assistant County Manager who is responsible for Miami-Dade Transit oversight, should do the right thing and resign as well.