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Effort to rebuild trust backfires

September 16, 2008|Louis Sahagun and Carol J. Williams, Times Staff Writers

Michael R. Peevey, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, which is the principal state agency for rail safety, announced an investigation into the crash that would include "interviewing the former spokeswoman for Metrolink who resigned from the agency, allegedly after her candor in assessing responsibility for the accident was questioned by her superiors."

Supervisor Mike Antonovich said through a representative that he plans to propose that the Metrolink board reconsider her resignation.


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"Denise Tyrrell is in the middle of a chaotic and stressful situation and we don't want her to resign under those conditions," said Kathryn Leibrich, Antonovich's chief of staff.

"The supervisor would like to suggest that Metrolink reconsider her resignation," Leibrich said.

Tyrrell could hardly keep up with it all.

"How did this happen?" she asked late Monday. "Just this morning they were treating me like an overwhelmed, menopausal woman."

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