BOSTON (
MyFoxBoston.com) -- Governor Charlie Baker is turning up the pressure on lawmakers to pass his MBTA reform plan.
FOX25 was there to get a brief look at the governor sitting down with three commuters in his office, people who he says reached out to him during the winter about the bad MBTA performance.
He says they shared their stories, that included "tremendous unpredictability, lack of communication."
FOX25 couldn't talk with them after the meeting, but the governor clearly used this to push his mbta reform plan to lawmakers who aren't exactly sold just yet.
"We think it's important that we all don't forget about the fact that winter is not exactly that far away," Baker said after the meeting.
Senate President Stanley Rosenberg tells FOX25's Sharman Sacchetti he is "skeptical" about the governor's plan for both a MassDOT board and a separate fiscal control board.
And he doesn't like the idea of public services being privatized, but agrees something needs to be done.
"What we know is the governor needs the authority to be able to get the situation under control," he said.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo agrees "tough decisions" need to be made, but answered "I don't know," when asked if the governor would get everything he wants.
Rosenberg says democrats are not caving to union pressure, and that "in the end we will do what we have to do what is in the public's best interest."
When asked the same question, governor baker said he thinks the "legislature has an opportunity to demonstrate here during the course of this conversation that they're gonna put the interests of the riders and the public and the taxpayers above all others."
Lawmakers say they want to schedule another public hearing on the governor's bill, at a time when regular people can actually attend.
We are still waiting for a date to be scheduled.
