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Tampa's PTC Director Resigns Amid Management Probe

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By ELLEN GEDALIUS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 5, 2007

TAMPA - Greg Cox, the director of the Public Transportation Commission, resigned today amid allegations of financial mismanagement and workplace issues.

Greg Cox [2004 File Photo]

Cox will receive a $25,000 severance package. The board voted 6-1 to accept Cox's voluntary resignation, effective today.

Cox was the head of the agency that licenses taxis, limos, tow trucks and private ambulances in Hillsborough County. He had been suspended with pay amid questions about his management.

Members of an oversight board had called for an investigation and audit of the Public Transportation Commission's finances and whether Cox had inappropriately treated employees and the people he licensed.

Cox was paid nearly $102,000 a year and had led the commission since 1999. The nine-person agency was created by the Legislature and regulates most "for hire" drivers and their vehicles.

During a previous PTC meeting, two people complained that Cox had treated them unfairly while they petitioned for permits.

Cesar Padilla, the chief inspector for the PTC, will lead the agency while a search is conducted for Cox's replacement.

County Commissioner Kevin White, who heads the PTC's oversight committee, has said he interviewed every member of the agency's staff and that many complained about Cox's management style, which some called "hostile."

"Basically, employee morale was in the toilet," White said at a previous PTC meeting.

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