Colorado: Hey, let’s put a history major in charge of transportation

As noted previously, https://moonbattery.com/lesson-not-learned-from-diversity-bridge/ no lessons were learned from the collapse of Diversity Bridge that killed 6 people. The next catastrophic bridge collapse is likely to occur in Colorado, although it will be more a matter of corrupt cronyism than contrived diversity. Governor Jared Polis has appointed 35-year-old Shoshana Lew, whose education consists of a master’s in history, to be Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.

From Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle via Animal Magnetism:

She replaced Governor Hickenlooper’s appointment of 56-year-old Michael Lewis, an engineer with extensive public construction management experience. …

Lew’s primary qualification, according to insiders, was her close relationship to Michelle Obama who called the newly elected governor for a favor — find a job for Shoshana Lew. Lew is the daughter of President Obama’s Chief of Staff and later Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew.

https://moonbattery.com/where-to-look-for-the-next-bridge-collapse/

See also http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2019/10/cdotintotaldisarray/

Note: I cast no aspersions at history majors. Indeed, I was one myself in graduate school at East Texas State University/Texas A&M University -- Commerce. But if anyone had ever asked me, "Hey, you want to be executive director of (any state) department of transportation?" I would have replied, "Thanks, but all I know about highways is how to drive on them. But I wouldn't turn down a job writing about the history of (the state's) transportation system." The Cherry Creek Chronicle says Ms, Lew is big on bicycle paths, electric cars and bus and associated high tax dollar plans.