Hundreds of community members packed a meeting room Thursday to tell the Metro board of directors whether they favored or opposed Frank McCourt’s proposed gondola to Dodger Stadium. The board already signaled its intent to approve the project without any discussion among the directors, but then the board chairman announced it would not listen to any community members before voting.
That touched off an extraordinary rebellion. In an act of defiance seldom seen within the staid and often formulaic halls of bureaucracy, the public shut down the meeting.
As the meeting opened, board chairman Fernando Dutra explained that the public would get its say after the vote.