Sir Paul McCartney’s girlfriend blasted for ignoring work commitments
Sir Paul McCartney’s new girlfriend Nancy Shevell has quickly won over the pop legend’s fans and family – but just as quickly lost favour with the New Yorkers she helps represent.
Shevell is a powerful board member for New York’s Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) and she had previously missed just five full board meetings between 2004 and 2007, the year she was first spotted smooching with McCartney in the Hamptons. But since dating McCartney she has missed 26 board meetings.
"She started out as a contentious board member, but I think one of the key attributes of a board member is being there," said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign. "If she’s going to be a director of the MTA, she needs to put in the time."
If members can’t show up for meetings, he said, "they should resign".
But MTA board member Andrew Albert wondered if attention to McCartney’s girlfriend could help commuters by calling attention to the transit’s financial woes. "It just means there’s a few more cameras in the room" at meetings, he said.
The MTA has defended Shevell, who did not return calls for comment.
Source: Splash News
Category : Paul McCartney
News Flash: Dating Paul McCartney trumps a board seat. Any moron knows that. You go girl!